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Trill's tail dropped disappointedly as the older male made it quite clear that he was not worthy of his attention. He considered - very briefly - making an issue of it, but quickly decided against it. Though he might be able to rival the slim, sleek racer in size, he was younger and had been raised very differently. Fighting was something he had been trained to do, but he had been trained to kill or maim his opponents by any means necessary. He had also been trained that the only acceptable reasons to fight were in defense of a human or a mate.

He sniffed a dismissal of Leolin, and therefore of his companion Kedri as well, and returned to Silence, giving the other male with his faint brindles a wide berth. If there was to be an altercation, he would not be the one to start it, nor to provoke another into it. Chade's red gaze was cool, distant and disconcerting to Trill. He did not know how the playful, exuberant chick Chade had been had managed to grow into such a somber juvenile.

"It is nothing. I appreciate your help," Silence said.

Privately, she thought that the other two griffins were undisciplined, but she reminded herself that the Eyrie trained griffins to be disciplined from the moment they hatched, and that not everyone had been raised at the Eyrie. She could not continue to hold others to standards of which they knew nothing. It was unreasonable.

Meshach tilted his head to one side and then the other, and back once more, snake-like. The commotion was beginning to bore him, and he wanted to take her away from it, take her somewhere quiet and safe. But he could tell that wasn't what she wanted. For whatever reason, she wanted to stay here and let the other humans tend to her. He didn't approve, but he would acquiesce.

Kedri clicked her beak in amusement and preened at Leolin's neck feathers. He wasn't a particularly colorful male, no, but he was quite entertaining.

Nyhali watched Kedri, a look on her face somewhere between amusement and annoyance. 'Ah, Kedri, Kedri, Kedri, you'll flirt with any adult male you run across but will you know how to act when you actually find a male you truly want to be with?' She shook her head, well aware of the fact that she hadn't been much better before the things of her life had so drastically changed. She and Kedri were like the same person sometimes. "Is there anything else we can do?"

Kedri continued to preen him for a moment until she found a loose feather and plucked it out gently. She played with it in her beak for a moment and then stuck it on Leolin's head so that it stuck up between his ears. There! He had a fancy crest now. She clicked her beak in amusement and trilled softly.

As for Nyhali... well, she didn't really feel comfortable sitting there if she was of no use, but Kedri seemed to be enjoying herself. Suddenly she realized she'd never addressed Silence's question. "Ah... Kedri was a gift from my noble-brothers. Renad, the elder, his griffon had a clutch and I recieved one of the chicks after they hatched."

Kedri was slightly startled and backpedaled out from under/away from Leolin. She clacked her beak at him, more confused than annoyed, and then for no apparent reason extended a wing and let it flop down on his head.

Kedri hadn't really thwapped him. At least, that hadn't been her intention. She let her wing sit on his head until he'd crawled to far for it to remain comfortable and folded it back up. She turned to the side and started preening said wing, keeping one eye on Leolin and flicking her tail past his beak in what looked to be an unconscious gesture. She was pretending not to pay attention to him for a moment to see what he'd do.

Kedri chirped happily and let him preen, feathers fluffing up and eyes half-closing in that way that said either she was rather enjoying that... or she was feeling sleepy.

Nyhali doubted she was sleepy since she'd only been awake for about two hours...

Meshach caught Silence's gaze and helped her to her feet, standing behind her, lending her tactile support by keeping his long, always-warm hands on her arms. He did not know how to make his expression convey the concern he felt for his frail human companion's condition. He knew her injury was not fatal, but it was his fault indirectly.

Silence, left cold by the sudden adjustment of her arm, was grateful for the abnormal heat Meshach always seemed to generate and leaned backwards into his arms, so that a greater area of her body would be warmed. She had reached the freezing and shock phase of injury. Chade's warm, fluffy body weighted heavily on her foot and pressed back against her shins, adding his support.

Trill watched the other griffins, those nearer his age carry out their flirtation. He longed to be a part of that. He was not a solitary creature, and he had missed griffin company. He would not allow himself to be ignored. At the same time, he was not particularly interested in flirting with the pretty female, for though she was pretty, he was not interested in having a mate. He had left the Eyrie before he had gotten to see the other griffins' mating behavior.

Ignore the other male, and talk to her if you wish to do so, Chade advised. You are almost as large as he, should he try to repel you, and I do not think that she would want to repel you at all. If for no other reason than that she can use you to tease him.

Trill had no idea how the young griffin knew these things, but there was a ring of truth to the grey juvenile's soft-spoken advice. Trill would follow it. The spotted griffin cheeped at Kedri and flicked his tail playfully. He ignored Leolin, as per Chade's advice, and walked over to Kedri, a certain twitch to his hindquarters as he advanced.