He had already begun to bank and flee, hoping that he hadn't been seen from below or above, and planning to make a break for his feathered little life. Get past Sidhe and drop below the canopy so he didn't stand out like such a pale appetizer on the wing, that was as far as his plan went, but the familiar voice stopped him in his proverbial tracks.
The problem with a bird being too startled to move was that they tended to fall quite abruptly.
Flapping madly to right himself and flip around to view the manticore again, Jigano's beak opened in continued awe and a little disbelief.
Remi!? came the first shocked question. But... how? When? How?! followed the next ones, examples of bardic eloquence in all its glory. You're huge!
Ah yes, Jigano: master of understatement and tact at his finest.
The problem with a bird being too startled to move was that they tended to fall quite abruptly.
Flapping madly to right himself and flip around to view the manticore again, Jigano's beak opened in continued awe and a little disbelief.
Remi!? came the first shocked question. But... how? When? How?! followed the next ones, examples of bardic eloquence in all its glory. You're huge!
Ah yes, Jigano: master of understatement and tact at his finest.
