Snippet #2438086

Tarik blinked and walked over. He knelt down and tilted his head, watching the bird.

The Bird did the same. It tilted it's head and watched tarik back. They seemed to be staring deep into each other's eyes.

Tarik's own feathers ruffled a bit. "Well, yes, I believe I can..." he then very gently lifted the bird and set it on one of the examination tables. He placed his hand on it's belly and pressed his fingers inward a bit, seeing if the bird was bloated. Nope. He then checked it's wings, which were fine. As he studied the bird it grew woozier. It wobbled to the side a bit, then almost fell over. Tarik caught it, but then it happened again and the bird fell towards the floor.

Before it hit, there was a poof! And there was no more bird. Instead, lying on the floor, was an underweight male. he was clothed in a black turtle neck and a pair of jeans. His feet were bare and a pair of large black wings remained. His hair was short and spiky with a long colorful string of fabric tied into it on the side. Tufts of orange hair stuck out of the end of the fabric, and there were also some blue feathers tied into it.

"GAH!" Tarik exclaimed. "What!?" He leaned over and very gently turned the boy over. He then pulled up one of his sleeves. "Just as I suspected..."

There, on the boy's wrist was a black tattoo in the shape of a bird's foot. "Hes one of the mansion's guards..." Tarik explained as he lifted him up and laid him on one of the beds. "I have never met any of them, but Sir and Lady Saiforro informed me how to identify them..." He then pointed to the tattoo.

"He is very thin though..." He watched the boy with a worried look on his face.

And of course, the boy was unconscious.