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Jaden was out walking his familiars. All three needed a lot of exercise, so whenever he had free time he was usually outdoors. Probably a good thing, otherwise he might have become a total shut in. Sprinkles was sticking close at they usually did, running off to sniff something here and there before returning back to the young hybrid. Blueberry had run off, and after a bit of hesitation Cream had gone tearing after her. Jaden didn't worry about it too much. Blueberry liked to go her own way, and she always seemed to know when the walk was about to end cause she'd inevitably show up as soon as he was ready to go back inside.

Jaden was going along in a random directing, mind wandering towards his classes and worrying if his performance was satisfying the teachers. Then several shrill cries broke the silence. He jumped in panic and started running in the direction of the sound. Up ahead there was a blur of fur and colors. He recognized the shrill quality of the squeaky yips as coming from Blueberry. They didn't sound like pain cries though. More like whenever someone tried to pick her up despite clear body language showing she wasn't interested, only magnified more than Jaden had ever heard it before.

Shouting filled the air. Jaden looked around, and noticed another freshling looking at Blueberry and yelling. Then they made a shrill sound that was as loud as anything Blueberry had ever produced. A speck of color suddenly flew towards the conflict zone, hit something, and a new squabble started. Jaden was close enough now to recognize a pair of cockatriels. He could guess what happened. Cockatriels tended to be a bit territorial, and Blueberry had probably upset it. She could be a bit entitled and didn't believe there was any place truly off limits to her. Meanwhile Cream was dancing around the entire group, emitting several muffled squeaks of excitement. Jaden scooped him up and started petting him to get him to settle.

'Muninn is…. Sooo…. Sorry. Is your familiar okay?'

Jaden looked up and noticed the freshling was much closer now. He smiled shyly at them. "I think so. Blueberry is quick and super fluffy." He set Cream down, who immediately run up to Blueberry and started snuffling her. Jaden followed and carefully picked Blueberry up. She made a dissatisfied sound, clearly still in fight mode, but tolerated it as Jaden looked her over. He looked back at the freshling as he set her down. "She's fine. What about your familiars? Blueberry nips sometimes if she's really mad."

It took Jaden a moment to understand what the freshling was saying. Was Muninn another person? It sounded like it. Maybe they couldn't run fast, or they didn't have wings, and that's why they sent this freshling after the runaway cockatriels instead of going themselves. He was pretty sure the other names were the names of the cockatriels, though he hadn't gotten close enough to have seen which one was which. If he had to guess though, Dvalinn was the bitey one in the freshling's hands.

"It's fine. Blueberry is a bit of a diva herself. She thinks everything she likes belongs to her. She probably tried to claim whatever your cockatriel was perching on," he said, smiling a little as he looked down at the blue/purple familiar who seemed utterly unrepentant and was busy grooming imaginary tangles out of her fur.

"Oh," was all Jaden said. He blinked and was silent for a moment as he processed that. So Muninn used his own name when talking about himself? It was just a little confusing and he'd never encountered someone who talked that way before now, but Jaden was pretty sure he could adjust. He offered a shy smile. "I'm Jaden. It's nice to meet you, Muninn."

Blueberry was still resolutely ignoring the pair, except to shoot looks at the cockatriels. Cream, on the other hand, was thoroughly interesting in all the goings on. He had always been exceptionally friendly though. Once he ascertained that Blueberry was okay and Jaden was calm, the cream fennekit had begun peeking around Jaden at Muninn, clearly wanting to go over and sniff him.

That seemed to be all the encouragement Cream needed. Jaden scooped the fennekit up before he could run over to sniff at Muninn, blushing a little. "Ah, sorry. He's really friendly and likes meeting people. I just didn't want him to upset your cockatriels, in case they think Cream's going to be mean or something."

Jaden gave his head a small, shy shake, his bangs half hiding his face. "It's okay, I don't mind if you talk a certain way. I can follow you just fine." Not to mention it would be the height of rudeness to try to dictate to a stranger how they were supposed to act. Even if Jaden was as bold as the cockatriel sitting on Muninn's shoulder, he would never show such bad manners!

Jaden shook his head. "It's really okay. It doesn't bother me at all." He stood there, shuffling his feet a little, a bit like Muninn. He wasn't used to holding conversations with other people, so he wasn't sure what he should do next. Should he continue talking, should he try to change the topic, should he find a polite outing? Since he honest couldn't think of anything for the latter two, he went with the former.

"I think Blueberry was always a bit of a diva, even before I got her, cause my other familiars are nice. Cream is super friendly, and Sprinkles is very polite." He offered a shy smile. "I guess the troublemakers are just born to cause mischief, no matter what we do."

Cream had calmed a bit under Jaden's gentle hands and was starting to look around for where Blueberry had gone (the little purple fennekit had chosen to continue her sulking under the tree the cockatriel had initially been perching in), so Jaden felt it was safe enough to set him back down. Cream immediately bounded back over to Blueberry.

The clock began chiming, and Muninn made a face. At first Jaden thought it was his fault, then Muninn quickly explained. Jaden felt relief wash through him.

"Yes, that would be very nice. I don't have many friends." He smiled shyly. "I'll keep a better eye on Blueberry next time."

He waved at Muninn rushed off to get his brother, feeling oddly relieved and disappointed. It was nice socializing, but Jaden wasn't very good at it yet. It had been nice though, and he liked the thought of being able to see Muninn again. As long as they both continued to frequent the park, it probably wouldn't be too difficult to find each other. Jaden looked over at Blueberry and Cream and made a soft clucking sound, then turned and continued their walk. Maybe Blueberry just needed to exercise away her sulks.