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Started August 06, 2020 by @ElderGodSwimwithGamers group

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"Hopefully. Though, I much rather take a week or two to make sure you're okay then for us to rush you when you can't handle it." Matthew lightly rubbed the back of Rowan's hand with his thumb, relaxed.

"Well, you could always carry me if I couldn't walk or something." Rowan shrugged a bit. "It would be okay."

"Oh, I will most definitely be carrying you until you can walk again. Still, it wouldn't be safe to head out now because of how tired you get." Matthew smiled softly.

Rowan rolled his eyes a bit and huddled closer. "Yeah, yeah… I don't really need to be awake for the journey, though."

"True, true." Matthew smiled some.
"Though, I'm not sure what exactly your mother will think about us in that situation."

"Oh, she'll be fine… she's pretty chill." Rowan yawned and sighed. "If anything, she'll be thankful to you for helping me."

"Okay, then." Matthew smiled some, resting his head on Rowan's.
"I'm just, well, worried I won't make a good impression on her."

"I can tell she likes you already. She wouldn't leave us alone like this if she didn't trust you." Rowan smiled reassuringly up at Matthew. "Don't worry so much."

"Okay, okay…" Matthew smiled, back, giving Rowan a side hug. Tammt pulled away from her brothers for a moment, looking up at the two. She held her hands out, looking for a hug herself it seemed.

Rowan smiled gently and pulled Tammy close, careful not to crush her. "How's that? Maybe you can try hugging your brothers some time."

Tammy looked up, thinking. She nodded, then, pushing some on Rowan's hand to get out once she was happy with her hug.

Rowan released her compliantly, huddling closer to Matthew with a soft hum. "Mm… we'll be okay…"

"Yeah, we will be." Tammy moved back over to her siblings, wrapping her arms around them.

"Aww." Rowan watched the chicks with a soft smile, shifting a bit closer to Matthew. "At least they still get along."

"Yes, that is good." Mattew ran his fingers through Rowan's hair. He stretched his wings some, wrapping one around them.

"Mm… they're growing up pretty fast. I guess that's typical for birds." Rowan yawned a bit. "How big will they be when they're adults?"

"Half a foot? They're not that big of a species," Matthew pointed out. "It might take a few months at most for them to fully mature."

Rowan nodded and quietly observed the birds. "They're definitely intriguing. Very different than the birds of my world."

"Mhm, I would believe that." Matthew looked at the birds as well, a smile on his lips.
"Then again, so am I."

"Definitely. I showed you pictures of the kind of birds I'm familiar with, right?" Rowan asked.

"Sure did," Matthew said, nodding. "All covered in feathers. It's so… weird, to me."

"Aren't they cute, though?" Rowan smiled gently. "They chirp and sing, but they can't talk."

"Very cute," Matthew agreed. "But hard to communicate with, if they can't talk."

"Well, most people don't try to communicate with them. They're wild, and we let them be." Rowan shrugged a bit. "There's a couple domestic birds that can mimic speech, but they don't really talk per se. You couldn't really have a conversation with one where they actually know what you're saying."

"Ah… Even with our less intelligent birds here, they can understand what we say, even if they can't say things as well themselves." Matthew looked to the chicks, smiling gently.