Turning his body and swinging a leg over the log so as to straddle it, Aoni looked on with an amused expression as his summons happily appeared while singing together.


    "It seems they''ve gotten closer; that''s good," the moment cia spotted Aoni, he shed a grin, then patted hisp and stretched his arms out, hugging the air, the universal sign to cia for cuddles, and as expected, much to the shock and dismay of Nyria, the floof elerated fast enough to send the poor fledgling pping.


    "GAooooOOoOoo!"


    THUMP


    Since he was ready to receive a full-blown tackle from his furry missile, Aoni easily caught cia and gave her plenty of scratches and pets while looking at Nyria as she gracefullynded on the ground not far away.


    "No need to be shy; you get cuddles, too," said Aoni, while tilting his head to the side and looking at the fledgling with tenderness andpassion


    Nyria,pletely unustomed to any sort of affection, hopped once in her lord''s direction before stopping and looking on with longing. After spending time with cia and hearing all her stories about Aoni and how kind he was, she truly wanted to believe it all, but her cautious nature wouldn''t allow it.


    Yet, as she stood there less than six or so feet away from the pair, she, too, wanted to enjoy being pet and having her feathers preened.@@novelbin@@


    "You''re one of us, Nyria, and nighttime is always cuddle time, so if you don''t get your spot quickly, cia will hog up all the attention; I mean, Look at this face. Does she seem like someonecking love?" Catching cia as she squirmed to getfortable, Aoni held the poor floof out on disy as if she were a lion cub being shown to a kingdom of animals.


    "GAOOOO!" earning the Lad a discontented gao, as cia huffed and tried to return to her favorite second favorite spot beside Aoni''s shoulder.


    Sure enough, the second he brought cia back to his embrace, Nyria spotted the content look on her sister''s face and the fledgling through caution to the wind and with a mighty…


    FLAPPP!


    Nyria shot straight into Aoni''s chest, just above where cia was resting, and began cooing and rubbing her head against him, causing the Lad to chuckle.


    "Did you girls have fun?"


    "OoO," releasing her happy sound, cia was easy to understand since Aoni had spent enough time around her.


    "Che" and Nyria wasn''t thatplicated to understand either, not because of her Chee''s or bodynguage, but because of her limitedmunication skills.


    ''Sis…ter…fun.'' She said in a childish voice into the Lad''s mind, causing him to smile and give her a little extra attention in the form of under-the-beak scratches, something she apparently loved, if her purring, YEP purring was an indicator.


    "Well, I''m d; it''s going to be dark soon, so that means it''s nearly bedtime," ncing around the camp, Aoni made sure there was nothing left behind due to his session of recklessness earlier, IE, vomit, and after about 30 minutes of cuddle time, he Stood up, and allowed cia to climb on his right shoulder while holding Nyria.


    Seeing her sister scrambling up and flopping down her belly so that her legs hung off the back of Aoni and her arms dangled off the front, Nyria thought it looked fun, but then she quickly surmised it wouldn''t work for her, given the difference in their physiques.


    The thought frustrated her slightly because she too wanted to be as rxed as cia, something that was picked up on by Aoni, who, without putting much thought into it, lifted the fledgling and ced her on his right shoulder like a pirate.


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    "Your sister may have imed my right shoulder, but the left is all yours, Nyria; just be sure not to sink your Talons into me, and it''s yours." Looking up at her as she gotfortable on her new perch, Aoni stated with a calm tone and bright smile, causing Nyria to rub her head on his cheek in return.


    ''Spot…mine…''


    "Yep, all yours," with that, the trio made their way around the Camp while Aoni taught Nyria about his nightly chores and clean-ups. For example, he had to check the hides and make sure they were tended to; all the tools in the Crafting station needed to be put away and the benches cleaned, not to mention scanning the wall surrounding the tform for stability and ensuring the only gate was shut… and then there was securing the storage containers…


    Stopping in front of the formerly perfect line of boxes, Aoni sighed heavily and crossed his arms while staring at the empty space due to his earlier fuck up.


    "Tomorrow, I''ll have to make a new one and upgrade the others,"


    "Gao?" (Gone?)


    "Yeah, I blew one up…"


    "Chee? Chee chee?"


    ''Exploded…Like…boom?''


    "Gaoooooo, oOooo gao gaoo," (So thatsss where it went,)


    "Mistakes happen, oh, I guess you don''t know about that, but I can power things up, myself and you guys included," looking at Nyria on his shoulder while narrating, Aoni jiggled the bone used to keep the containers closed.


    "Gao, chuff, GAO," she said, rolling her eyes and looking away from Aoni; cia seemed to be teasing him, making Nyria chee inughter.


    "Cheechee cheee."


    "Hey, I can make a new one; I made all the other ones right; the next ones gonna be even better, mark my words." Feeling wronged by cia''s apparent usation, Aoni booped her nose, causing the floof to sneeze and Nyria to continueughing.


    Upon finishing his checks of the containers, the final chore on the nightly list was to feed the campfire and ensure it had enough wood tost through the night, and once that wasplete, all that remained was the ACTUAL heading into the cave.


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    "Alright, everyone hop off the Aoni-Taxi; I gotta get my gear off," the Lad said, which was the worst part of cia''s night; even so, she still obeyed like a good girl and, with a huff, leaped down onto the hardwood floor before looking up at Nyria as if saying e on little sister.''