ORIGIN - To Learn is to Grow

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Tacitus
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And it paid off.

For a moment it felt as if he would fall back to the earth but he redoubled his efforts, wing flaps increasing in crescendo as he fought to stay aloft. He expected to fall back down... but nothing of the sort happened. He stayed in the air and on instinct he didn't know he had, he tucked his legs up closer to him and adjusted his tail feathers and body in such a way that helped keep him floating.

Then, clumsily on his first flight he went forward. It was tiring as he was using muscles he never had before but it was quite rewarding. First he flew low, getting used to the way his wings worked and taking it slow but then he went higher and before long allowed himself to take a break by resting on one of the limbs of a tall tree.

He felt rather satisfied with himself.

Now, it was on to the next order of business.

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With sharp eyes he peered down towards the ground, noticing the slight wiggling of grasses down near a bush. He spread his wings, eyes focusing on the movement as he prepared his flight muscles again and then launched off of the branch. His talons flashed forward ready to grasp and crush whatever it was that was causing the swaying of the grass.

He found it pleasing that his wings didn't make the loud flapping sound that he'd heard a lot of lesser gembound birds making, his own wings seemed completely silent which was what allowed him to catch the red mouse off-guard. There was a single shriek as the rodent felt the sharp pain of his talons... and then nothing as it died beneath his crushing grip and sharp beak.

In an instant it was dead and the mouse was swallowed down his gullet in one go. Pleased with himself he allowed himself to run his beak through his wings to clean the new flight feathers.

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He flapped his wings once upon finishing his task and then he turned back towards the Monarch. He could see it in the distance and for a moment he dreaded the walk back but then he remembered that he could fly there now. So, he spread his wings and after a bit of flapping and getting used to the feathers again, he took off into the air.

He could see the Monarch's distance closing rapidly and then below him there was the skull, leaf, and gem that he'd found. Wasting no time lowered himself down onto the skull for a bit of a rough landing but he would be able to perfect that with time. So, he gave himself a little shake... and dislodged strange white spores from his body. Surprised he let out a little hoot and promptly swallowed a few of them which caused him to choke and gag.

Panicked he flapped his wings which only dislodged more of the things which swarmed him and made it hard to breathe. He backed up eyes wide as he fought to regain his breathe. It took a bit of time but he was finally able to stop swallowing the strange little spores and breathe normally again.

What on earth had just happened? He'd created strange little white things, that was for sure... but what were they? He could feel a bit of strangeness on the ground where he'd shed the things. It was as if he was... sensing the waving grass. So... strange. Could he create these spores and use them to collect feedback. Interesting.

He could focus on that later but for now he had to get everything back to Canis.

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He tentatively hopped back over to the skull and his other items which he wrapped his talons about them and clutched onto them tightly. Now, it was time to truly test himself. He opened his wings and began to furiously flap in an attempt to lift himself and his items off of the ground. He had to get them back to his home and show them off to his brethren. Wouldn't they be impressed?

He thought it would be harder to lift everything from the ground but he found that he was able to lift the heavy skull from the earth with relative ease. Granted, he couldn't fly very fast nor could he go very high up but it was something and he was on his way.

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He doggedly kept on, making himself go further and further and he could tell that the exit was getting close but not quite there yet. He could feel his small wings growing tired and no matter how hard he tried... He would have to take a break. His small body fluttered towards the ground as he dropped his items and came to rest next to them, his eyes closed as he allowed himself a small rest.

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He rested for about ten minutes which only felt like two to the tired owlet but he knew he couldn't stay here forever. So, he wrapped his talons about the skull, leaf, and gem again and attempted to pick the whole ensemble up as he had before. It shouldn't be hard to kidnap these things but with a tiny body like his it might be a bit more difficult than it should have but again he was able to pull it off.

The owlet took off into the air once more with his cargo and headed off towards Canis to deposit it there where he would have it forever and always.

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