[SpringsSong]

Lleia's eyes brightened as she said, "Good morning, Crispin.  I trust you slept well?" She smiled as she stretched out before noticing the fish.  "Ah, thank you." She said, biting into the fish eagerly.  Looking out of the hollow, she noticed the swans in the distance.  "Are they ready for the journey?" She asked, tilting her head to indicate the swans.

[Matt]

The swans turn around at her question. "Yes, we are ready. Please, on our backs," they said in unison. Spreading their wings, saddles appeared beneath them. They had been hiding them underneath their feathers.

"We are able to leave now, if you like." Crispin turned his head to Lleia. "You ready?"

[SpringsSong]

[[Sorreh!  Muse has been... less than nice to me. XoX;]]

Lleia nodded.  "Yes... I am ready." She said as she nimbly stepped onto the back of one of the swans.  She smiled at Crispin as she settled into the saddle and curled two of her tails around her hind paws.

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[Matt]

[[Eet's ok. X3;;]]

Crispin smiled and nodded, turning from Lucain into the nimble Squirrel. He jumped onto one of the enormous swans backs, waving for Lleia to do the same.

[[Mine's dead too. Xox;;]]

[SpringsSong]

Lleia gave a perplexed look to Crispin, but she closed her eyes nonetheless as she envisioned a lithe, gray-teal squirrel with plush fur and a gray mask over her eyes.  When she opened her eyes, instead of a lithe canine form, she saw, in her reflection, a lithe squirrel with her same markings.

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