[Child of the 7th Age]

Child had been innocently posting her notice when she looked up at the overhead sky. She was watching her dragon soar overhead, but then looked back towards the upper portion of the mast as she heard an arrow swish through the air.

Child stared in disbelief. Legolas' arrow soared upward and came to rest in Birdie's breast. She fell with a horrifing thud.

Child screamed" "NO, NO, what have you done?"

A strange fury seized Child's mind. She raced towards Legolas and, with all her three feet, began furiously thumping on his chest. "I should have let the fangirls get you and tear you into tiny pieces."

Child was crying. Indeed, Child was hysterical. "What have you done? Birdland didn't know, she didn't know about Sam and what happened., she was only telling a joke. Birdland was just trying to be a friend to Sam. She didn't mean any harm."

"If you knew Birdie, you'd know she does this all the time."

She glared fiercely at Legolas, unmindful of her own safely, "But maybe you don't know about friendship. I should gut you with my knife."

Rose came and pulled Child back. "No, no..." Rose murmurred. "That won't solve anything." Rose hugged Child, and pulled her over to the side of the deck.

Stacey was examining the body of the fallen Birdland. "Look, she's still breathing. Maybe all is not lost."