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Alyse's eyes grew wide with awe, and she clung a bit more tightly to Feng's hand.

"That must be really really far away," she murmured, stopping them once they got to the edge of the trees. There, she knelt on the ground, tugging Feng to the ground with her. They were beside a particularly large tree that had tendrils of ivy or something similar twisting around its trunk. There was a hole in the tree, a niche right close to the ground that was just big enough for Alyse to climb into if she so wished.

"Look," she murmured, pointing inside the hole and beckoning for Feng to look in there.


"Something productive?" Adanedhel repeated curiously. "Like what?"

He could understand about the griffin needing more room, though, he knew that most animals - especially ones this big - needed all the room they could have, a wide range of mileage to wander in. He stroked Tao's head affectionately as he waited for Ryu's answer.



Aragost sat back a bit, still kneeling on the floor as he waited for Miyu to finish what she was doing. He had spent quite a bit of time in the past few years with Adonai, who had taught him to read the letters of the Gaians, specifically so that he would be able to read the books that Miyu brought him.

"And what is in the box?" he asked softly, his cowl nodding gently at the box that Miyu had taken out of her bag with the books.

Storm was getting bored already, and his fidgeting proved it.

"So what are we going to do all day?" he asked, reaching out and stroking the air in front of him. "Just sit here?"

Starr reached out and slapped Storm's hand angrily. "No magic," she reprimanded him harshly. "And stop being rude!"

Storm sighed and leaned back against the wall, folding his arms against his chest. "Well I'm bored, I want to do something."

"Maybe we can go find Nako," Starr offered. "That would be nice to see her again, right?"

Storm's white eyes lit up with pleasure at the idea. "Yeah, let's do that!" he agreed. "Hey Lin we're going to go find Nako, want to come?"

Lin then remembered the other reason why she didn't want to have the twins along. Not that she minded Starr, but Storm sometimes (most of the time) did not understand that she had no trouble with just talking. It was odd if one thought about it, Lin was nearly the same age as the twins if not a few days younger, but she already preferred to talk since to her that was doing something.

"I'm coming, but we stay on the Ranch," she told them.

She knew Serenity was supposed to be around here somewhere so she couldn't be far, but she also knew Serenity sometimes helped out. Lin had learnt life here wasn't as safe, she was not going off the Ranch to look for Serenity.

Contrary to belief, Lin was crazy, but she was not that crazy.

"You've figured out what to do with the resident birdbrain?" Donvoan asked in jest.

Tao wasn't really a birdbrain... most of the time. It was just she was very loving.

Haradhel looked between Kara and Donovan curiously.

"What are you talking about?" she asked suspiciously. "Birdbrain? A pet, then?"

Of course if it provided more safety for Aliya and Amdir, she was certain that they would take it - but still, she was curious to know for herself what it was.

"Eh?" Feng looked at the stone taking it gently, she supposed it they were pretty.

It kind of reminded her of when she and Ryu went stone hunting as children, though they did do that still sometimes. Though quite rarely.

"Well.... I think when you call them a monster you can't really have them as pets," Ryu replied wryly, "I mean... I've never seen a monster, and I know most of the pets we keep tend to be odd by normal people's standards."

Miyu smiled brightly she was glad because that was her first time cooking and she knew quite well that her father and uncle were incapable of cooking. She wasn't sure about her mother, but as far as she knew her mother never cooked.

"I'm glad, I've never made things to eat before, but Uncle Triton said, that most of it didn't need to be cooked and the stuff that did need to be cooked he cooked it."

Kara nodded, "Her name is Tao, I've had her since she was in an egg, but unfortunately she needs more room to roam in. She's really sweet, and well trained, but it would take a bit more training for her to be used as a guard."

Alyse smiled and set her own stone down, then reached out and cupped Feng's hands around the stone she had given her.

"Make it warm," she murmured softly, her bright eyes glowing with eagerness.


Adan nodded thoughtfully. "Well, I guess Mama wouldn't let me have a monster anyways," he shrugged. "I'm surprised she's actually going to let us keep Tao, she always said I couldn't have a griffin for a pet either. But Tao is different from other griffins ..."

He stroked Tao's chest almost massagingly, affectionately.


Aragost smiled warmly at Miyu. "I'm sure that it will be just fine," he assured her. "Should we eat it right away or will it wait until dinner?"

Starr smiled at Lin and grabbed her twin's hand so that he wouldn't run off without them or try any forbidden magic. "Let's go then," she said happily.

"Bye, Mr Dark man!" Storm waved cheerfully, heading for the door.