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The maglardilla was not very impressed with the administrations of the small children and obliged by opening its wingcasing, flinging Val off in the process, Shifter dislodged the maglardilla scurried blindly right toward Vallen, who squawked and scurried up a tree..closely followed by his unintentional pursuer.

Val stopped at a branch and poked the dilla with a foot, preventing it from crawling over top of him. "Quick Vuka, check the wing case!" He squealed. This healing thing was awfully hard and stressful work. How had dad done this for people when even insects were so hard? Of course Dad's healing was a hobby but not one that Val was likely to take up, nu uh.

Vallen watched with fascination as he hung from the tree blocking the insects path, his brother was getting up close and personal with the creature, it seemed to Val at least that he had some magical way of communication but that could just be wishful thinking.

"Hmm," he poked the maglardilla gently with a foot and it waved a leg at him in warning. "Well we three are good and stuck now." Val, having no where else to go got a bit closer and tried to get a good look at the creature. "Oh! Vuka I see a thorn under the wing case, just there," He pointed with a delicate shifter toe. :I can't reach it from here," nor could he move or their patient would scurry right up the tree.

"Yay!" Vuka scurried to the side so the maglardilla could go past before he offered a hand for a high five. "Good teamwork, remind me to ask you next time I get a thorn in my foot." Vallen giggled. Ah it was wondrous having a brother like Vuka.

He dropped to the ground with a thump, rolling to absorb the impact and getting covered in leaves. Exuberant about their success he scurried around under the thick leaf litter looking a bit like a carpet mole. It was so much fun. He popped his head out. "I hope the thorn was all that was wrong with it, I bet flying hurt way to much."

Val grinned back, "He did, poor bug, I'm so glad I have hands." He paused for a bit. "Well I'm all sweaty, want to go take a dunk in the stream?"

The water would be wonderfully cool and Val liked the water, much like his father, but they were not old enough to find their fathers lake so he would settle for the shallow stream where he could at least dunk his head and then lay in a back eddie.

Sometimes little fishies would nibble your toes, it always made him giggle madly. His feet were quite ticklish. He liked watching the colorful fish float closer and closer before gliding close to the toes and nibbling, charging away at the slightest twitch and well Val was prone more to flailing when nibbled.

"I only get thorns when I blunder through them, I bet he flre into a pricklebush the wrong way," he slithere into the stteam with a heartfelt sigh. It was hard work being responsible and all ... well mostly responsible, they had sort of wandered off, but they would go back after all. They had been guarding the denizens of the forest. A noble cause to be sure, in times like these the opportunitty to accomplish something wtihout parental guidance didn't come around all that often. Val splashed a bit, talking care not to hit Vuka with the spray, and enjoyed the cool feeling of the water washing over him. He patted the water, " The water is good if you feel like a swim?" It occured to him that he could splash but he felt very respectful right now of his nimble fingered brother who could pluck a thorn out of an irritable maglardilla while halfway up a tree.