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ruevealing) wrote2023-08-05 10:44 pm
ruevealing) wrote2023-08-05 10:44 pm
[Please, Casey. Rue is not letting you fly off alone into the dark, terrifying forest now. It's a very different world for a human teenager versus a flying chicken nugget.
The owlbear hums approvingly as Casey settles against their head instead, his weight so impossibly light that he feels like a tiny clip amongst their feathers, not a whole son!]
You certainly are! Just as beautiful as you are as a human and an owlbear. The pangolin, however, is more cute than beautiful, I would say, but still lovely.
The owlbear hums approvingly as Casey settles against their head instead, his weight so impossibly light that he feels like a tiny clip amongst their feathers, not a whole son!]
You certainly are! Just as beautiful as you are as a human and an owlbear. The pangolin, however, is more cute than beautiful, I would say, but still lovely.
[But Moooooom how do you think he got here in the first place-
Briefly he opens his beak to tell them he does not feel especially beautiful as a human, but that's the sort of self-deprecation that would net him a scolding so he accepts the compliment with a little more grace than he feels it merits.]
I'll agree with that, yeah. Maybe it's the dinosaur wiggle.
Briefly he opens his beak to tell them he does not feel especially beautiful as a human, but that's the sort of self-deprecation that would net him a scolding so he accepts the compliment with a little more grace than he feels it merits.]
I'll agree with that, yeah. Maybe it's the dinosaur wiggle.
[The very thought would leave Rue near fainting!
They are quiet for a moment, flipping through the bird encyclopedia to search for a bird of similar coloring, but then Rue pauses, tipping their head up as if they could meet eyes with the son sitting on top of their head.]
Dinosaur wiggle?
They are quiet for a moment, flipping through the bird encyclopedia to search for a bird of similar coloring, but then Rue pauses, tipping their head up as if they could meet eyes with the son sitting on top of their head.]
Dinosaur wiggle?
Mm, it's like-
[He flutters back down to rest on the paw holding the book rather than the one flipping pages, tucking his wings in and trying to kind of... waddle forward one step at a time, which is hard because it's not generally how songbirds move. It looks about as absurd as a bird imitating a pangolin sounds.]
When the pangolin walks with its front paws tucked up and the back feet stomping around- it looks like a tiny dinosaur.
[He flutters back down to rest on the paw holding the book rather than the one flipping pages, tucking his wings in and trying to kind of... waddle forward one step at a time, which is hard because it's not generally how songbirds move. It looks about as absurd as a bird imitating a pangolin sounds.]
When the pangolin walks with its front paws tucked up and the back feet stomping around- it looks like a tiny dinosaur.
Oh.
[How darling, not just the description but the imitation as well.]
No offense, of course, but it sounds quite similar to how you walk on two legs as an owlbear. It is all in the waddle.
[How darling, not just the description but the imitation as well.]
No offense, of course, but it sounds quite similar to how you walk on two legs as an owlbear. It is all in the waddle.
[He hops back to their paw from where he'd waddled to and stays there as it's a more convenient perch, and tilts his head thoughtfully.]
I guess that's true. It's a different kind of waddle, but it's still cute. Maybe cute things just walk funny sometimes.
I guess that's true. It's a different kind of waddle, but it's still cute. Maybe cute things just walk funny sometimes.
[Much more convenient.]
It's a cute waddle, though seeing it has unlocked a new fear within me. I do not waddle, do I? I feel as if I glide, but now I'm left to wonder.
It's a cute waddle, though seeing it has unlocked a new fear within me. I do not waddle, do I? I feel as if I glide, but now I'm left to wonder.
[Casey pauses at that. He is so very small and his life is in his hands.]
When you're wearing dresses it doesn't look like a waddle to me...
When you're wearing dresses it doesn't look like a waddle to me...
[Rue doesn't know if they appreciate how carefully that was worded.]
And when my legs are more visible?!
And when my legs are more visible?!
[not so fast]
I hope you do not mind ice cream for breakfast, my Leo. :)
I hope you do not mind ice cream for breakfast, my Leo. :)
Good! Because I found the absolute worst flavors possible and I've kept them stored in my freezer just for you.
[Rue sends over a picture of Cheddar Cheese and Foie Gras ice cream cartons. Yuck.]
I'll be there soon!
[Rue sends over a picture of Cheddar Cheese and Foie Gras ice cream cartons. Yuck.]
I'll be there soon!
[MOM PLEASE HE IS TRYING HIS BEST]
When do I ever see you with your legs visible? You love dresses!
When do I ever see you with your legs visible? You love dresses!
[Rue, who is two seconds from showing Casey an app on their phone where they've documented their daily outfit every single day these last seven months, deflates a touch and instead decides to drop it.
They will have their existential crisis cry after Casey's left.]
It is not all I wear. But no matter, it's unimportant. We were looking up your kind of bird.
They will have their existential crisis cry after Casey's left.]
It is not all I wear. But no matter, it's unimportant. We were looking up your kind of bird.
[Casey looks at Rue, then the book, then back again.
And then he flies up to perch on the ceiling light (or some high up decoration) instead.]
No!
And then he flies up to perch on the ceiling light (or some high up decoration) instead.]
No!
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