The bird was so focused on her meal that she didn't realize her plight until too late. She looked up in time to see Sam standing, arms outstretched--
And then the net folded over her, trapping her wings even as she lifted them to try and reach freedom. She let out a heartrending cry and her flames sizzled, burning the grass beneath her, but doing no harm to the net woven from metal.
While the panicked bird struggled helplessly, Jigano shook himself free of the underbrush and stepped over to Samuel's side, nickering his approval. "Well thrown! You've got good aim!" He glanced to the distraught bird, beautiful even in her frightened thrashing, and some of his exultant good humor faded. "Damn... I hope this story has a happy ending..." The net was beginning to glow in a way that worried him, so he paced to the edge of the net, giving a soft whinny of reassurance.
"Calm down, lovely lady, please. It's alright. We don't want to hurt you..." He'd spoken soothingly, hoping the tone of his voice might help to settle her distress. He was startled, then, when she spoke - in a voice both he and Samuel could understand.
"Oh let me go, let me go! Please, I beg of you! Don't kill me, kind sirs! I'll give you a feather that will never go dark if only you let me go unharmed!"
Jigano snorted in surprise, backing up a step and looking to Samuel to see if the other man had heard and understood the wondrous bird.
And then the net folded over her, trapping her wings even as she lifted them to try and reach freedom. She let out a heartrending cry and her flames sizzled, burning the grass beneath her, but doing no harm to the net woven from metal.
While the panicked bird struggled helplessly, Jigano shook himself free of the underbrush and stepped over to Samuel's side, nickering his approval. "Well thrown! You've got good aim!" He glanced to the distraught bird, beautiful even in her frightened thrashing, and some of his exultant good humor faded. "Damn... I hope this story has a happy ending..." The net was beginning to glow in a way that worried him, so he paced to the edge of the net, giving a soft whinny of reassurance.
"Calm down, lovely lady, please. It's alright. We don't want to hurt you..." He'd spoken soothingly, hoping the tone of his voice might help to settle her distress. He was startled, then, when she spoke - in a voice both he and Samuel could understand.
"Oh let me go, let me go! Please, I beg of you! Don't kill me, kind sirs! I'll give you a feather that will never go dark if only you let me go unharmed!"
Jigano snorted in surprise, backing up a step and looking to Samuel to see if the other man had heard and understood the wondrous bird.
