ORIGIN

Giggle blinked at the eagle's words. He'd made her consider something she'd never tried to imagine, before: flight.

"You're welcome. You know, I've never thought about flying, before? I don't know if you'd ever be large enough to carry me, but I wonder what it's like. I never asked Aza'zel, you know. I never thought to," she admitted.

The hyena carried on slowly moving bones to the pile, which was growing, she noticed, higher and higher with their efforts. She tested it now and again with a paw, correcting it whenever it wobbled by wedging a few bones in strategic places--or what she hoped was strategic, anyway. Meanwhile, between carrying them, she spoke.

"I wonder if you feel heavy, or light, and if it's hard to turn, or to stop. If you aren't big enough to carry me, you'll have to at least describe it. In detail," she added, chortling. "And I wonder how you even learn? Does another bird have to teach you, or is it the sort of thing you just... figure out? ...Are you looking forward to it?" she asked, glancing curiously over at the eagle and his not-quite-mature wings.

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@Ambrus

giggle asked him many questions, and nodded as she spoke so it was apparent he was listening.
"if i can't carry you, i will describe it to you."
he confirmed with a widening grin, as it only became even wider as she continued to speak and ask questions.
"i'm not too certain, i suppose i'll just let instinct take over and i'll figure it out by myself. vicktor doesn't have wings, neither does mom."
he shrugged, placing bones into the tower is began to reach past his head.
"i am very excited for it. it's hard to maneuver around on land, these legs were not made for walkin'."
he gave a chirpy chortle as he held up one taloned limb, flexing the digits to flash the talons.
"these make it quite hard."
he summed up with a smile, standing on both legs again as he continued to place more bones atop the tower, until he could no longer reach. in which case, it was time to test it.

without much else hesitation, the little eaglet grasped at the bones with both talon and beak, flapping his useless wings as he attempted to climb to the top of it. soon, the bones gave way, as the bird attempted to climb it it gave way to his weight, and he fell atop his back. huffing with the impact, he rolled to his feet again where he sneered angrily at his now half built tower.
"well,"
he grumbled, picking up the bones to place them in a better way - more calculated this time, working quicker as he waited for giggle to respond.

@giggle

The hyena was in the middle of replacing a bone, absently listening to Ambrus speak, when he suddenly hopped up.

"Wait, you--" But it was too late, and she flinched back as some of the bones simply tumbled away, sending the eagle chick falling back down again. The hyena looked up, then over the bones, huffing in thought. "You all right? ...Let me try something."

She sat back, eyeing the bones, tilting her head and focusing. Maybe if she could weave fungus in among the bones, filling the empty spaces and twining round them, she could strengthen the tower just a little. Sure, they'd probably die eventually, and Ambrus might even choose to pluck them out later, but for building it might help. She inhaled, focused, narrowed her eyes, then exhaled slowly as she attempted to pour her magic into the myriad microscopic life, growing it and making it fruit within Ambrus's bone tower.

Unfortunately, not much responded. The bones were old, and dry, and not much grew on them; even when it did, it wasn't a particularly good fungus for it. She huffed, and shook her head. "Never mind," she grumbled, lifting a bone and continuing the work manually. "I'd be glad to hear about what flying is like, once you do it. And how to go about it, how to learn--it might help some other young ones in the future, hm?"

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@Ambrus

she tried to tell him to wait, but with youth paired with inexperience, the little eaglet was quick to attempt things on his own. he waited a moment as she seemed to attempt something, but nothing came of her concentration. he grimaced along with her irritation at the failed attempt, before she switched the conversation back to flying.
"i'll be sure to give a report."
he chuckled, slowing down on his reattempt to build his tower yet again.

with a soft chirp, and a sigh weighted down with the heavy burden of missing his brother and mother, he took a few steps away from the tower.
"well giggle, i'll return to this later. i'm going to go see if i can find vicktor and mom."
he smiled at the ever helpful hyena.
"i'll come back when i've learned to fly, and tell you everything."
he promised, meandering off.

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@giggle

The hyena nodded to herself, watching Ambrus as he made his way off.

"Don't forget--I'd like to meet this... Clover," she called. Giggle then looked back to the tower, pondering.

I wonder where he hatched, and what Aza'zel made of him? I'll have to ask him about flight, and how it works. Chances are I won't even find him before that eagle is fledged, she thought wryly.

At length she stood, and yawned, and shook out her coat. She took some time to nudge a few more bones carefully into place, as stable as she could, before finally turning and making her way back down to her own pile, her mind on food--and sleep.

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((exit Giggs))