Idril smiled for the first time since the strange band, with their stranger tales, had walked into her chambers. Kneeling down, she laid her hand on Rose's cheek and said, "Very well, you may keep your strange, but faithful companion. How did you come by your little pet, sell?"
Rose started at the word "pet", and Bird's claws tightened on her shoulder. But Rose stammered "Oh...I...I found her under a tree when she was just a fledgling. She had fallen from her nest and I took her home. She has been with me ever since. Haven't you, Bird?"
Bird bent down nibbled one of Rose's curls, while whispering in her ear furiously, "I'll get you for this, Halfling!"
"Oh, she speaks!" said Idril with delight, "but I could not catch the words. What did she say, little Rose?"
"Oh, she can say all sorts of things! Why sometimes you'll think she's almost human. Say "bain fileg", Bird."
Bird scrunched her shoulders and glowered around the room, then muttered "bain fileg".
[ August 03, 2002: Message edited by: Birdland ]
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