Big Salmon Lake Friendly Encounters

When she got close enough, the bird spoke; a reaction unexpected. Maw opening in a small "o", saying a moment later, "you can speak!" Of course, she'd spoken to a jay before, but its language was garbled and messy, not as neat as the raptor's. Peering up at it, she wondered if it would speak again, and questions already began to brim at the forefront of her mind.