"No, she does not," Qui-Gon replied with just the hint of a sigh, but he glanced over to give Abby a wry smile. "Perhaps I have--for lack of any better term--mothered her a little too much." Chirping, Teek hopped up and down once, apparently disagreeing, but still clinging to Qui-Gon's fingertips nevertheless. "Dare I hope you have any suggestions?"
"I've never tried to teach a bird to fly, no," she admitted. "I guess it's a matter of patience. Eventually she might feel secure enough to fly. Or you could bribe her, that works on most creatures."
Qui-Gon considered the matter for a moment, and then searched for the bit of bread left in his pocket after the midday meal. Teek eyed it with some interest.
"Perhaps if you hold this," he said to Abby with a narrow curve of his lips, "she might be sufficiently tempted."
Teek gave her an unquestionably considering look, head tilting left to right and back again, her body bobbing a bit with the motion. Ruffling her feathers a bit, she sidled back up Qui-Gon's arm, over his shoulder and around the back of his neck, hopping to perch on the shoulder nearest Abby.
"I am not a bridge," Qui-Gon informed her with one arched brow, when she tried to hop down his other arm. He tucked that arm into his robe, instead. "I suggest the more direct route."
"Hey, at least she's moving. This is a good thing," Abby pointed out with a chuckle, holding her palm out patiently and sort of enjoying watching Qui-Gon be used as jungle gym.
She'd been taking a break from building and was instead having a nice wander, looking for plants.
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"Perhaps if you hold this," he said to Abby with a narrow curve of his lips, "she might be sufficiently tempted."
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She took the piece of bread and split it into four very small pieces, then stood about 3 feet away from the bird and held one piece in her open palm.
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"I am not a bridge," Qui-Gon informed her with one arched brow, when she tried to hop down his other arm. He tucked that arm into his robe, instead. "I suggest the more direct route."
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