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She was really okay! Anoki nearly cried from relief as Sahra reached the bottom, seemingly unharmed. He probably wouldn't have been able to do that, but she just slid down like it was nothing! She didn't even need their help, which was a little disappointing, but probably a good thing. "You m-made it! T-that w-was s-s-so c-cool!"

But then... she wanted to go for a walk? Immediately Anoki retracted, visibly shrinking into himself. He wasn't too sure he wanted to go walking with everyone. Indi was cool, and the other two seemed nice, but dealing with all of them together was a little daunting. The fact that it would probably be safer in a group didn't even occur to him, just that so many people made him scared.

"I d-dunno," he said, barely audible. With everything calmed down and no one in imminent danger, his adrenaline level was dropping, and his courage along with it.

Gabby was so surprised by Sahra's sudden and near perfect landing that all she could do was stare up in awe, still jumping from foot to foot. "Oh Sah-la! Das was so amazing!" She screeched when the girl was standing save and steady on the ground again and Gabby clapped her hands enthusiastically, laughing happily. "We didn't even have to catch you, so fast you went! You did it all alone!" She dove forwards, wrapping her little hands around Sahra's neck, clinging to the cheetah. She then turned her head, smiling brightly to the other two. "You two still haven't said the names! I'm Gabby!" She paused, eyes darting back and forth between the two.

The young lovebird finally let go again of her sister, landing on the ground with both feet, eyes widening when she heard the hushed 'oh no'. Gabby followed the purple girl's gaze towards the nest and jumped up when she saw the devastated nest, an expression of pure shock on her face. "...Oh no!" Galloping over towards the nest Gabby knelt down, calling back to her friends to come and help her. "We cannot leave them! It are birdies, just like me! We have to help!" Gabby felt as if it was her very own responsibility to fix the nest and make a new home for these baby birds. The bird in her knew that she had a lot of common with these little creatures and she ruffled her wings restlessly, carefully picking up the loose branches while making sure the babies would be okay.

"Don't worry. We will make you a new nest. An even nicer one. I promise..and if it won't work, you can always live with me and momi-eh." Gabby muttered to herself while thinking of a way to fix the nest again and restore the home of these poor birds. Everything had a solution; Sahra had just proven that by being able to slide down alone. They'd find a way to make this work as well! Yep, Gabby was sure of it, positive little thinker.

"No!" Anoki finally noticed the birds, and hurried over to the branch. They must have fallen too! They looked okay, but they were cheeping so loudly. Maybe they were crying, and he just couldn't tell. And if they were crying they were probably hurt. Hurt people had to go to the doctor, but was there a bird doctor?

"W-we should g-get a grown-up," he said firmly, then drooped a little. It would take ages for a grown-up to get there. Besides, the grown-up might think that they were bad for knocking the nest down, and then they'd all get in trouble.

There had to be something they could do for the birds by themselves. But what? One of the girls- who looked like a bird herself- suggested making a new nest. But another pointed out that they would have to get it back in the tree, and that would be difficult. Unless... "M-maybe we c-could m-make a n-n-new nest and p-put it i-in a s-smaller t-tree?"

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By the time the others had had their say, Anoki was convinced that going for an adult was a bad idea. He definitely didn't want to get yelled at, and he didn't want any of the girls to get in trouble either. "F-fine," he nodded. "N-no gr-grown-ups. B-but c-can we d-do it b-b-by ours-selves?"

Apparently not. Even though Indigo was volunteering, and Anoki knew her to be surprisingly resilient, he was reluctant to let her do something like that by herself. The bird-person was too hyper to really focus, and the other girl... was hurt. Looking at the scratched and sore paws with dismay, Anoki looked for something he could do to help. He didn't have much on him, other than his clothes and food. The paper bag he had packed his snack in wouldn't help much. And even if he wanted to take off his shirt, he couldn't do it by himself because of the cast.

There was one more thing he had, though. Anoki tugged at the fabric around his arm, finally pulling the knot that held his sling together loose. Getting it over his head by himself would have been next to impossible, but luckily Mahou didn't tie it tightly. The sudden slack caused his weighted arm to drop fast, pulling Anoki down several inches, but he recovered and tried to see how it felt. Without the sling, holding up his arm was difficuly, and a bit uncomfortable because of the way the cast bent the limb. But it didn't really hurt all that much, and the other girl could probably use the cloth more.

"H-here," he said, holding out the sling with his good hand. The ibex was tipping to the left a little, but otherwise didn't seem to mind giving up the fabric.

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It was hard to watch Indigo climb the tree, and while Anoki wanted to look away, he couldn't. He was afraid that if he stopped watching she would fall or drop the nest, or worse. Luckily his attention was slightly diverted, so he could keep an eye out without paying too much attention. First there was the bird-girl, who was steadying him. Anoki gave her a smile of gratitude, but it dropped when the hurt girl didn't take his sling.

"It's ok-kay," he insisted. "S-sorry I c-can't wr-wrap f-for you." He gave a apologetic look, stepping closer to Sahra. It was okay, in his mind at least. He was only slightly off balance, and he managed those few steps without trouble. More worrisome were the scratches and welts covering the girl's hands. And of course, the velvet worm that inched higher and higher up the tree.

That snapped all of Anoki's attention back to the tree, and he joined in the cheering with a slightly worried call of his own. "B-be c-c-careful!"