He appreciated Rexanna's kind words, but he thought he felt the root give just a little bit, and he was reluctant to give up so soon. Besides, it gave him a chance to put his new form to the test, learning what he could and couldn't do, and how strong he really was. He didn't have much body mass for pushing or pulling, much less tugging or shoving, but his beak was thick and heavy, sturdier by far than his clever by narrow toes and talons. His wings were probably his greatest weapon, but this was one foe he wouldn't batter into submission, so he set upon the root with the considerable power of his beak.
He wasn't, sadly, strong enough to do it on his own, but with Rexanna's well-placed help they managed together what neither could do alone. Finding the root suddenly freed, Jigano croaked around it, fluttering his wings in surprise and gladness. He carried it a little ways, strutting and puffing his chest out while he got used to walking - with frustrating awkwardness - with the added burden of something in his beak while Rexanna cleared the rest of the roots away. By the time he circled back around she had finished, and with a mischievous glint in his blue eyes he dropped the root, then picked it up by its end before pushing it point-first into the soil. He tapped it in with his beak, then hopped back and croaked proudly at the little 'tree' he'd planted, watching Rexanna's reaction with a flicker of wicked humor.
He wasn't, sadly, strong enough to do it on his own, but with Rexanna's well-placed help they managed together what neither could do alone. Finding the root suddenly freed, Jigano croaked around it, fluttering his wings in surprise and gladness. He carried it a little ways, strutting and puffing his chest out while he got used to walking - with frustrating awkwardness - with the added burden of something in his beak while Rexanna cleared the rest of the roots away. By the time he circled back around she had finished, and with a mischievous glint in his blue eyes he dropped the root, then picked it up by its end before pushing it point-first into the soil. He tapped it in with his beak, then hopped back and croaked proudly at the little 'tree' he'd planted, watching Rexanna's reaction with a flicker of wicked humor.
