Continued from here.
Saun 16, Arc 721
The little brown bird had told Devin that there were a lot of pretty birds around all of a sudden – which he had deduced were probably the multi-colored glowing birds that he was looking for. Since there were a lot of pretty birds around, he decided, he wouldn’t have to ride in a particular direction in order to find them. He’d probably come across one or more of them automatically before long. So, he just continued to ride down the road on his winged goat Keke at a moderate pace for a while before something occurred to him. He abruptly exclaimed “Whoah!”, applying light pressure to the reins at the same time in order to make him go even more slowly.
If he rode too quickly, he realized, he might miss the glowing birds regardless of how many of them there were! He couldn't focus on his mount and pay close attention to the trees and the air at the same time!
Keke bleated loudly and somewhat exasperatedly when he noticed Devin’s signal – he did not appreciate being asked to slow down, especially not when he was so excited to be out and about – but after a few moments, he finally complied and began to move in a very light trot instead only in order to suddenly stop completely when he noticed a bit of especially delicious looking grass at the side of the road. He was a well-trained goat, and quite obedient most of the time, but when there was food to be had, he forgot his training sometimes.
Devin muttered something under his breath, before he decided that he would forgive Keke – there was no rush, besides, his winged goat looked so happy and content now. He simply waited until Keke had finished eating, and then he gave him the signal to move forward and finally left, releasing the pressure slightly on his left leg, because he had just noticed a very interesting shimmer in a tree at the side of the road. Maybe, it was one of those glowing birds!
Except that it wasn’t a glowing bird or even another glowing feather. As he slowed down Keke to a near-halt, with some reluctant and grumpy bleating on Keke’s part, he noticed that someone had tied a variety of silvery metal pots and pans to a branch of the tree with a piece of string. They made a soft sound whenever they moved in the very light breeze, as if they were some sort of makeshift windchime. That was the shimmer that he had noticed!
He wondered why someone had installed a windchime there when there was no house nearby for a few moments before he shrugged his shoulders and simply decided to ride on. Maybe, they had put the windchime there for no reason. He sometimes did things for no reason at all, just because he happened to feel like it, as well, after all. Doing things that didn’t make any sense was fun and made the world a less boring and predictable place!
Saun 16, Arc 721
The little brown bird had told Devin that there were a lot of pretty birds around all of a sudden – which he had deduced were probably the multi-colored glowing birds that he was looking for. Since there were a lot of pretty birds around, he decided, he wouldn’t have to ride in a particular direction in order to find them. He’d probably come across one or more of them automatically before long. So, he just continued to ride down the road on his winged goat Keke at a moderate pace for a while before something occurred to him. He abruptly exclaimed “Whoah!”, applying light pressure to the reins at the same time in order to make him go even more slowly.
If he rode too quickly, he realized, he might miss the glowing birds regardless of how many of them there were! He couldn't focus on his mount and pay close attention to the trees and the air at the same time!
Keke bleated loudly and somewhat exasperatedly when he noticed Devin’s signal – he did not appreciate being asked to slow down, especially not when he was so excited to be out and about – but after a few moments, he finally complied and began to move in a very light trot instead only in order to suddenly stop completely when he noticed a bit of especially delicious looking grass at the side of the road. He was a well-trained goat, and quite obedient most of the time, but when there was food to be had, he forgot his training sometimes.
Devin muttered something under his breath, before he decided that he would forgive Keke – there was no rush, besides, his winged goat looked so happy and content now. He simply waited until Keke had finished eating, and then he gave him the signal to move forward and finally left, releasing the pressure slightly on his left leg, because he had just noticed a very interesting shimmer in a tree at the side of the road. Maybe, it was one of those glowing birds!
Except that it wasn’t a glowing bird or even another glowing feather. As he slowed down Keke to a near-halt, with some reluctant and grumpy bleating on Keke’s part, he noticed that someone had tied a variety of silvery metal pots and pans to a branch of the tree with a piece of string. They made a soft sound whenever they moved in the very light breeze, as if they were some sort of makeshift windchime. That was the shimmer that he had noticed!
He wondered why someone had installed a windchime there when there was no house nearby for a few moments before he shrugged his shoulders and simply decided to ride on. Maybe, they had put the windchime there for no reason. He sometimes did things for no reason at all, just because he happened to feel like it, as well, after all. Doing things that didn’t make any sense was fun and made the world a less boring and predictable place!
