Give a dog a bone?

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Aviary

[Have you ever noticed a strange pile of hay in the corner of the aviary? Have you ever wondered why it was there when Owls don't eat hay? It might be made a little more clear when you spot a young man trying to sleep on that pile of hay, shivering slightly from the cold.]

The 2nd - Turbulent Times Ahead

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LAKESIDE, SUNSET

[ Adela isn't the most social person in the world, but even so it's unusual to see her just hanging around outside without doing a thing. She doesn't even bother looking up at the owl hooting at her, nuzzling into her while perched on her shoulder. At least they're in the shade, and by that point the sun's low enough over the horizen to leave her and her owl completely in shadow.

It seems like she's reading a set of letters over and over again, becoming more and more unfocused before she just crumples them in her hand and slumps forward. Likely, whatever is going on, it's getting to her if she's not even bothering to pet her clearly distressed owl to calm it down.

It's not like she can exactly ignore her owl suddenly taking off and flapping around her head though. ]

Gah! Saggia, stop it!

[ Once Saggia lands on the ground again she coos quietly, earning a sigh from Adela before the girl reaches to finally smooth down her owl's frazzled feathers. Great, she's making Saggia worry over her sulking... It's not like she can really do anything about it, though. Not really. ]