I'll jump from the cliff and I'll build my wings on the way down
Henry nodded his large beak in agreeance; not a bad idea at all, if he did say so. But he wouldn't gloat. It was just a rock, after all. Once the other eagle was heading towards it, he swam alongside her. They reached the rock soon enough. If it was a bit snug, so be it. Better than being stuck to drown in the ocean waves or eaten by something lurking underneath them.
Being the polite bird that he was, he allowed her to make a spot for herself before he accordingly positioned himself along the warm, sun-soaked rock. His eyes relaxed from their hardened glare, that was, until she said something so casual and friendly that it was jarring.
"Oh, now you want to be friendly, huh? What happened to your spunk?" He countered, a hint of something playful in his tone and the way his head tilted up and sideways at her. A bark of a laugh left his parted beak, though, and he shrugged his wings.
"Thought I'd conquer my fear of the ocean," his tone was begrudging but his words were the honest truth. He was ashamed to admit it. In fact, he'd never talked about it so directly to anyone before, and he had no idea why this stranger was any different - but maybe that was just it, she was a stranger. He regarded her for a moment before sarcastically adding, "Didn't think it'd be so literal, though."
Being the polite bird that he was, he allowed her to make a spot for herself before he accordingly positioned himself along the warm, sun-soaked rock. His eyes relaxed from their hardened glare, that was, until she said something so casual and friendly that it was jarring.
"Oh, now you want to be friendly, huh? What happened to your spunk?" He countered, a hint of something playful in his tone and the way his head tilted up and sideways at her. A bark of a laugh left his parted beak, though, and he shrugged his wings.
"Thought I'd conquer my fear of the ocean," his tone was begrudging but his words were the honest truth. He was ashamed to admit it. In fact, he'd never talked about it so directly to anyone before, and he had no idea why this stranger was any different - but maybe that was just it, she was a stranger. He regarded her for a moment before sarcastically adding, "Didn't think it'd be so literal, though."
HENRY
