The Sunspire got up before dawn, went down to the racetrack

he does not know what a 'polite one' or a 'gentleman' is, but he likes the ring of it, echoing "gelman," with wide eyes and lots of head nodding. to prove this fact, whatever it means, okeanos takes hold of the wing with more delicacy than is usual for a child and tries to bring it back to the woman. unfortunately his featherlight grasp means the feathers themselves slip from between his teeth as he takes a step -- frowning he tries again, a bit harder, and continues his clumsy attempts to carry it over.