Lucky shot

Remi's soft trilling was all the permission Vai needed, but the huntress still gave him plenty of notice before putting her hands on him. Gently, being particularly careful of his wings, she scooped him up and got to her feet, smiling despite herself. "You aren't that heavy," she said, her tone quietly amused; she was calling back to the day when they'd first met and he'd taken refuge on her shoulder. "Mostly fluff and feathers," she joked, giving his talons the caution and respect they deserved and shifting to cradle him in one of her arms as she began to walk. "I'd like to have a few words with whoever hung that net," she remarked as they headed back out into the morning mists, Vai frowning and using her free hand to absently smooth out any of Remi's ruffled feathers. "At least I learned I have a new skill, and I could heal away that cut." vervain where the wild things are