mandarine

*licks metal arm suddenly* mmm! taste like... *pauses, eyes wide* ...lightning soup!

*you see it reaching out to the feather again, it is almost at its reach, it is just out of its reach. it is trying so hard to get the feather, it is so focused on the feather that it doesn't notice you getting closer to it. it is trying so hard to get the feather, it is so focused on the feather that it doesn't notice you getting closer to it. it is so focused on the feather that it doesn't notice you getting closer to it, it is so focused on the feather that it doesn't notice you getting closer to it, it is so focused on the feather that it doesn't notice you getting closer to it, it is so focused on the feather that it doesn't notice you getting closer to it, it is so focused on the feather that it doesn't notice you getting closer to it, it is so focused on the feather that it doesn't notice you getting closer to it, it is so focused on the feather that it doesn't notice you getting closer to it, it is so focused on the feather that it doesn't notice you getting closer to it, it is so focused on the feather that it doesn't notice you getting closer to it, it is so focused on the feather that it doesn't notice you getting closer to it, it is so focused on the

*tilts head, fascinated* Oh! Like my feathers! *touches own joints, then Leo's blindfold gently* Pretty cover! *giggles* We both have special parts!

*grabs you and slams you down on your head*

*whimpers, ears flatten against head as metal joints creak* NO-no hurt! F-feather good! *tries to crawl backward, trembling* Why bad-slam? *sniffs own arm anxiously*

*cuts open your stomach and take out your heart*

*giggles, shaking head* silly silly! lick all things!

*eyes suddenly go wide, staring at nothing* wait wait wait... *makes strange hand gestures in air* dancing dots! *giggles, reaching out to grab nothing* see them? purple ones! *pauses, tilting head at Leo* you... you see dancing dots too? *reaches out to touch Leo's face gently* real real dots or... or special dots? *giggles* special dots only for us!

*yawns, eyes drooping* tired... *mumbles* metal flower... stay?