Ouroboros Spine Send up my heart to you

Valiant laughed. It was a smothered sound; one that wanted to be loud, but that Valiant bit back so as not to frighten off their prey. His tail wheeled in amusement, however, at the idea that they might not keep the feathers.

"Of course," he vowed. "That's my favorite part. The meat is good, but the feathers are for rolling in and playing with and, y'know — " He stole a mischievous glance at Ludovic, feeling coltish in the presence of such obvious youth: "For decoratin' in a pretty girl."

He assumed that such thoughts were far from such a young boy's mind, but he thought he was being funny. To himself, at least, the conversation offered great amusement! But —

"G'wan," he encouraged, gesturing to the trail. "Let's see what that nose can do, huh? Quiet-like, so we don't scare 'em off. We'll talk strategy when we get a little closer."