The moment she stuck her head out, Taniqua saw what was causing all this noise. Sitting on his usual perch was the rooster, and that was fine. However, right next to him was Koralia, chest puffed out and seemingly the one who'd been screeching after the rooster.
Likewise, the moment the Ambia screeched out to them herself, both the rooster and the Soveris stopped dead in their song to look in her direction. The rooster just stared for a bit before going back to looking at everything else, but being sentient, Koralia remained frozen in place.
Giving a sigh, Taniqua made her way to the small bird, who had actually grown to be bigger than she'd expected. Koralia had ended up growing to be about as big as Slavica and just a few inches under Balthazar's size. She was rather large for a bird, even if the bigger Paragon species were still rather big compared to her. "Koralia, what in the world are you doing?" the Ambia groaned, shaking her head a little to clear the sleepiness away.
The Soveris replied to the Ambia's grumpy mood with a large smile. "Hi, mom!" the bird chirped, calling the Ambia the way she'd always called her: mom. Even if she knew, deep down, that Taniqua couldn't possibly be her real mother, the Ambia had always filled the role perfectly. Paragon or Soveris, it had always felt right to call her "mom". "I was singing with the rooster! How was it?" she explained, puffing her chest proudly.
Taniqua blinked, unsure as to what she was supposed to answer. Roosters were fairly pleasant to listen to, but the screeching of an eagle? How was she supposed to tell Koralia that she should really let the rooster handle his job on his own? "It was... different, honey," the Ambia replied with a sheepish smile, "but it's not fair to take the rooster's job from him." Trying to think fast, the Ambia looked around and noticed a small basket of eggs sitting by the chicken coop. "You already have your own hands full by delivering those eggs to Francis, don't you?" Taniqua pointed out, using her tail to motion to the basket. "Hop on to it, or else they'll be no good by the time he gets them."
Likewise, the moment the Ambia screeched out to them herself, both the rooster and the Soveris stopped dead in their song to look in her direction. The rooster just stared for a bit before going back to looking at everything else, but being sentient, Koralia remained frozen in place.
Giving a sigh, Taniqua made her way to the small bird, who had actually grown to be bigger than she'd expected. Koralia had ended up growing to be about as big as Slavica and just a few inches under Balthazar's size. She was rather large for a bird, even if the bigger Paragon species were still rather big compared to her. "Koralia, what in the world are you doing?" the Ambia groaned, shaking her head a little to clear the sleepiness away.
The Soveris replied to the Ambia's grumpy mood with a large smile. "Hi, mom!" the bird chirped, calling the Ambia the way she'd always called her: mom. Even if she knew, deep down, that Taniqua couldn't possibly be her real mother, the Ambia had always filled the role perfectly. Paragon or Soveris, it had always felt right to call her "mom". "I was singing with the rooster! How was it?" she explained, puffing her chest proudly.
Taniqua blinked, unsure as to what she was supposed to answer. Roosters were fairly pleasant to listen to, but the screeching of an eagle? How was she supposed to tell Koralia that she should really let the rooster handle his job on his own? "It was... different, honey," the Ambia replied with a sheepish smile, "but it's not fair to take the rooster's job from him." Trying to think fast, the Ambia looked around and noticed a small basket of eggs sitting by the chicken coop. "You already have your own hands full by delivering those eggs to Francis, don't you?" Taniqua pointed out, using her tail to motion to the basket. "Hop on to it, or else they'll be no good by the time he gets them."