Though Eavan had sat, Phyri kept wandering, Bastien close at her heels and getting in the way whenever she stepped around small tree stumps and piles of leaves and debris for the aviary birds. There was a a small pool of water nearby; she wove carefully over to it, briefly peering up at a bird perching up on the branch at her shoulder.
It shuffled up along the branch when she startled it by laughing at the remark about shoelaces. “What does he do with them?” Phyri asked, greatly amused. “Try to eat them? Attack them? Make a nest out of them?” Everything she could think of was entertaining enough. “Or does he just want to steal them for his collection?” She stuck out her boot towards Bastien again, enticingly.
It shuffled up along the branch when she startled it by laughing at the remark about shoelaces. “What does he do with them?” Phyri asked, greatly amused. “Try to eat them? Attack them? Make a nest out of them?” Everything she could think of was entertaining enough. “Or does he just want to steal them for his collection?” She stuck out her boot towards Bastien again, enticingly.

a sublime set by Lady! <3