Shadewood One old man is enough

"Fisher," she mouthed in her silent language. The girl was strange to Kai but decidedly nice. Kai investigated, sniffing the piebald's coat curiously. She smelled faintly of Cry, indicating her newness to the Keep. Kai brushed her jaw against the woman's golden shoulder - leaving her own wild, sea scent on Phex.

"Tula," she murmured, pointing to the bird again with her muzzle. Tula had explored her perch - hopping between shoulders to settle in the dip between Phex's shoulder blades to groom the girl's ruff with her long beak.