( 41 ) [accidental voice]

[filial_guardian]

[There's a few muttered curses, followed by a groan.] T... Tch. Ugh. I feel like someone just... Are things back to normal?

[He pauses, as if he's trying to get his bearings. But it has more to do with him staring at a fistful of feathers he's holding.]

And now I'm molting. Again. What the hell.

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[holysovereign]

Walter, where are you?

[filial_guardian]

[There's a few muttered curses. Then a lengthy pause as he realizes there's someone else addressing him.]

Where?

...The river.

[holysovereign]

... I'll see if I can send Will out to find you.

[filial_guardian]

What? Why? [The anger is quickly slipping away as he realizes something's up. Now he just sounds confused.]

Is the Merines--?

[holysovereign]

If there's anything to be said from the loss of feathers, and what I recall from the last time, you should not be alone right now.

And yes, Shirley is... waking up.

[filial_guardian]

I'll-- [There's the sound of his tromping through ... gravel or something vaguely rocky.]

Thank Nerifes. I'll-- make my way over there.

[holysovereign]

Good, dear.