jan 25th. text.

[skittering]

Sender: Lalli
To: Everyone
Subject: owl

( written in sharp, scratchy handwriting: )

can make your owl stop screeching if you need me to

good at it. cousin's an owl sometimes

just tell me where to find you

Comments

[skittering]

no

i can do that

where?

[lethechained]

[ Naminé's profoundly relieved when she actually reads the message, despite her reluctance to ask too much of Lalli. There's a brief but noticeable delay before she replies; she's awfully busy, whatever she's up to, and her writing this time is a hasty, all at once scribble. ]

By the river, close to the middle of town.

[ She'd also like to offer her profound thanks, but, you know, that might have to wait for when she's not awkwardly trying to write into her journal as she runs. ]

Not sure how long

[skittering]

follow the river

( if she has to move, that is. he can find her if he follows the river and she sticks to the river too. (that's what he's doing, for the record - zooming off toward the river, though not without one more quick question: )

attacking you?

( some of the owls have more temper than others, he definitely noticed that in his limited experience so far. )

[lethechained]

[ The fact that she'll try to take his advice might go without saying; it's so hard to write anything in this situation and her mental confirmation is so strong that she skips writing it entirely.

But she can't really leave him hanging on the, ]

Only sometimes.
Mostly running from me.

[ Because that'd just be cruel to let him think the worst. True to his advice, she'll try to follow the river, but tailing the owlet does sort of take precedence. Her luck is good for once, though, and it keeps relatively close to the water. ]

[skittering]

( ????? )

you don't chase an owl

( she'd be getting the lalli equivalent of an utterly withering look right now, if she were standing in front of him rather than chasing a patently uncooperative bird through the trees. )

[lethechained]

[ ??????? ]

Why not?

[ She does have some inkling of the sentiment, even if she didn't retain enough of her memories to picture the face exactly. Squinting at the owl as it takes a pause to pace around in one place and squawk at her before inevitably moving on again, Naminé finds the time to add, ]

Is there some other way I'm supposed to stop it from getting into trouble?