Birdsong: Beakspeaker of the Tribe of Risen Wing. They help carry the souls of the Flighted Ones either to the beyond or into their felid form. Always surrounded by a number of birds.
Darkskies: Talon to Birdsong. Very handsome and charming. A chimera. Based on my cockatiel, Silver!
Daybreak: Talon to Birdsong. Reasonable and level-headed, with a strong maternal instinct for the entire tribe. Based on my cockatiel, Sunny!
Me: There is a lot of interesting discussion around Jason being a father and what that means to him. The new fears that keep him up at night, the long looks in the mirror about his past and present decisions that have hurt others and himself. The isolation he put himself in and is combating now, and what it means for his kid. Jason looking at the examples of fathers he has had and terrified in how he’ll end up emulating them (either continuing their good or being stuck forever in their shortcomings)
Also me: Hehe girl dad Jason with a meta kid hehehe
So anyway; this is Ballad. Don’t ask me nothing about her I just work here (pls ask me I have so many ideas)
Sun makes the day new.
Tiny green plants emerge from earth.
Birds are singing the sky into place.
There is nowhere else I want to be but here.
I lean into the rhythm of your heart to see where it will take us.
A friend of mine sent me this great quiz that's linked to a research project on how we perceive sounds compared to how various other animals hear them. I took it this morning and ended up aligning with frogs, so I guess I'll wear my "Honorary Amphibian" hat from Willapa NWR with extra pride.