Snippet Post #2

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[ms_bekahrose]

Fandom: Torchwood/Merlin
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Tentatively, she began to spread her wings only to draw them back when she felt the bubble press against her feathers yet not burst. She tilted her head and inspected the bubble as closely as she dared; she’d seen them before, the children of the villages she had spent time in had often danced among bubbles, delighting in the way they would burst at the slightest thing, the light flickering off them. She moved her head and snapped her beak at the bubble and twittered in annoyance when it remained.

“Any idea what it is?” Ianto asked, watching as the bird snipped at the cell.

“Nope,” Jack said, and Ianto could hear the grin in his voice. “Saturated in Rift energy though,” he said, waving his scanner over the cell.

“Mutated budgie?” Ianto said, raising his eyebrow as the bird seemed to stop it’s fussing in the cell and look directly at them.

“Too big,” Jack said, fiddling with the scanner before slipping it into the pocket of his coat.

“Not sure I even want to know how you can discount ‘mutated budgie’.” Ianto said, stepping back and shutting the rear door.

Jack gave him one of those enigmatic smiles and shrugged. “She’s gorgeous though, whatever she is.”

“You say that now,” Ianto said, heading back towards the tree to help Gwen and Owen, “but I’m the one who’s going to have to clean out the cage, figure out what it eats, and train it to steer clear of the weevils, Myfanwy and Owen.”

Jack’s laugh followed him back to the tree and the others.