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A soft rustle of feathers broke the near silence as Ree walked, wings stretching to their fullest as he looked up toward the sky with a grin on his face. He wanted to fly or hum, or something to show how happy was he. He was still carrying the slight high from being told he could go to the Sanctuary a few days ago and even through all the preparations he was more excited than scared. It was somewhere new where he could go as he was... mostly without having to worry about humans.

"Humans..." he said softly and lowered his wings until they folded comfortably against his back. Reaching up he pulled on the cord of his hood a little tighter, wincing at the twinge of pain as one of his head feathers bended the wrong way. He was to obvious to pass for anything other than meta. "Well that is a start" he muttered to himself looking down at the copy of one of the flyers in his other hand. Rhun and Maribelle, researchers that opened this place back up after proving the existence of malice and manes. What was the reason they opened it? were they looking for more test subjects or did they truly just want to help their own kind.

Stuffing the flyer back into his pocket, the forest didn't look as inviting as it did before, he took wing. Flying close to the road he zoomed over it until the Sanctuary came into view. Landing only to walk the rest of the way as nervousness he hadn't felt before set in. He paused some feet before the gate looking at what he could before looking for some type of intercom or even bell. He settle finally to just calling out to those inside before attempting the gate or maybe even flying over. "Hello?"

Ree blinked as he watched the tall red eyed gentleman head toward the door. //A butler? ...really?// he thought, but his face was set in a present expression that changed to a smile at the mentioned of the wind for no real reason. He hesitated at the threshold but finally walked through meeting those eyes automatically and not looking away even as he kept the smile. //Headmaster Rhun? He is answering his own door? ... maybe there aren't as many metas coming here was Mara thought// .

Blinking he looked down at the flyer in his hand but any thought of unrolling it was forgotten as Rhun started to walk."On my own" He said quickly before taking a few fast steps to catch up, looking around as he moved toward the building wishing he had taken a fly by before going to the gate in the first place. "What is it that you do here? or what are we expected to do if we are accepted?" he asked quietly, the faint smile of before fading as he focused on the present.

"You can do as you like, every meta is welcome here. I assure you my mission is a genuine one. I want to protect metas. That's all I've ever wanted."

Those words were like a polished speech, said with the ease gained from repetition but not enough that they had lost their meaning to the person who said them.

Ree nodded quietly but was still skeptical. That was fine in theory but it wouldn't last long. Someone would mess it up for the others or the amount would out outpace the resources...actually were there even enough metas in the world to do that? if there weren't... then he could see why that would seem possible.

Following Rhun inside he turned his attention to the browned hair female meta, a flicker of curiosity passed his glowing eyes as he watched her head toward the office before turning his attention back to Rhun and taking the clipboard and pen. "Are there many orphaned children? or adults?" a flicker of realization made him hold his wings in tight... maybe his other parent was here? would he even know how to recognize them if he saw them?.

Shaking his head he focused on the paper and what it was asking him, reading carefully he added what was needed. "My name is Ree... but what do you mean by special accommodations?" he said looking at the question and blanking as he looked up.

A faint flush reached his face as he realized he misstep. He had meant to ask about the orphan children and other adults in general separately. Lowering his wings slightly he focused on the paper intently instead. Survival with no support at all... that was something he had never really had to worry about before. It did not mean he was unsympathetic, only that he never experienced what many of them did. Yes he got the glares and verbal insults in some cities but at the end of the day he was usually back somewhere safe. So the soft voice and the look of understanding Rhun gave did not click with him, it only made him feel guilty somehow.

His wings lowered a tiny bit more as Rhun explain about the accommodations, duh... of course. Just ...duh. He quickly placed a N/A right by it and returned the board. Nothing asked was anything he needed to lie about, at least that made him feel a little better. "Ah.. no. I don't need any special accommodations..." he shook his head, pausing midway when Rhun jingled the keys. He snapped his head up and focused on the keys, eyes dilating as he waited for them to move again.

Ree blinked and ruffled his feathers when the keys were hidden before realizing he wasn't supposed to be doing that here...now. Darn it darn it darn it, he raised one hand up to his face and brushed away a strand of hair as he felt his face heat up. Great start just...great. He was relieved to see that Rhun had already turned away and was leading the way toward the ..Adult complex?.

Following, his attention turned toward the buildings and their functions instead of focusing of the complete idiot he was moments before. When they reached the cabin he looked faintly surprised, he had assumed they lived inside one of the buildings maybe the most was getting a room and the worst would have been sharing...but not a cabin to himself. It spoke of ..something long term.

He stared quietly then shook his head as he turned to look at Rhun and the keys in his hand. Feel right at home... no he would miss his home, but he did have questions the only one burning in his mind was Why? Why all of this? it felt immaterial somehow as if it was just a pretty facade that hide something else.

Instead he took the keys and shook his head "I .... no. Just it seems to good to be true?" he said quietly, hoping he sounded sufficiently confused but there was no distress... wariness but it wasn't the same type or ..depth in this case as someone who needed it it to survive everyday.

"... to make this a safe place for everyone. We deserve at least that, don't we?"

Ree nodded quietly, it sounded sincere ad he was right.. they did need a place to feel safe in. Especially those that kept being picked up by research centers or scrapegoats or what ever else they tried to do to them. He may not have experienced it but he had read enough to know and it only made him feel more like a interloper being here instead of those that needed it.

Looking at the keys in his hand he closed his fist around it and looked up smiling faintly. "No one can really guarantee -that-, but a safe place..." he trailed off then shook his head " Thank you, I am good. I just need time to think " he said with a glance to the cabin then the surrounding area. Adjust, look around..think about what they were all really doing both here, the cities..the world.

Ree nodded and looked back to the cabin, waiting as Rhun's foot steps finally faded from hearing. Only then did he let out his breath and looked down at the key in his hand again still feeling uneasy. The first step was done the rest should be easy if he kept out of the way and just watched. "....Well then.." he said quietly stepping inside and closing the door.