#05 [Video]

[morphinbirdboy]

< --at's a really, really fucked up joke.>

[The hawk is on the cabinet again, staring fiercely at...absolutely nothing by his side. The small urn he sees is very real to him, however--and very familiar.

Tobias' mindvoice nevertheless seems...complex, not the easiest to understand. And for awhile...he is silent.]

< ...hello again, Rachel.>

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[ijianomaly]

...Tobias? Who's Rachel?

[morphinbirdboy]

[Though his face can no longer express emotion, the hawk's body language is entirely different. He seems to...deflate, almost. As if some important bit of life had disappeared.

It is a long time before Tobias says anything.]

< Rachel...was the person I cared for. Really did. My partner, my battle buddy...she was the best fighter our team had.>

[He draws the invisible urn in with a taloned foot protectively, as if it were an egg.]

< Grizzly. Grizzly bear was her favorite battle morph.>

[ijianomaly]

...Oh.

What's that you've got there?

[morphinbirdboy]

< ...her ashes.>

[ijianomaly]

Oh, she's --

I'm sorry.

...But I don't see anything there.

[morphinbirdboy]

[Tobias's thoughtspeech is practically an anguished cry--and seems to be ignoring most of what Iji is saying.]

< They're not supposed to be here! I scattered them years ago--why are they here?!>

[ijianomaly]

Wha -- there's nothing there!

[Knowing how dangerous it would be to get her fingers near a bird with sharp and strong talons, Iji nevertheless swiped her hand through the air Tobias seemed to be clutching.]

See? Nothing!