@cheriiaki ♥ for a starter
With enhanced intelligence came an affliction that struck few of Pet Shop’s species — boredom.
After weeks of no attempts to pass the mansion’s gates, it had begun to weigh heavily on the bird’s ill-defined sense of loyalty. Day by day, he rose to greater heights. His territory expanded to the streets surrounding his home. Then, to the ones surrounding those. Yet, they held nothing of interest to him. There was no diversion in humans walking. The sound of their cries as they went about their nonsensical business. Going to and fro from their voluntary cages to their noisy metal boxes that rolled around the roads.
Soaring far above them had lost its charm, its superiority.
Pet Shop needed a target and found one. Hard to say how his choice had been made. Perhaps it was a sense of ‘ otherness ’, a difference between this man and the Cairo natives. A sense of recognition, a similarity spotted between him and the human without understanding. Perhaps no choice had been made at all and it was simply bad luck on the human’s part.
Trajectory changed. Wings folded in. Pet Shop became a speeding missile, absurdly precise. Guided by instinct and a brain flickering through 100 images per second. A comet hurtling faster than any human could react. Talons unfolding, ready to strike —
And an easy flap of wings carrying him off on the warm currents, having pierced nothing but empty air a scant inch away from the human’s face. Cruising with unnecessary obviousness to land on the corner of a sand-colored building’s roof. Self-satisfied. Untouchable. Were he capable of it, Pet Shop would have pitied humans, condemned to never knowing the freedom of the skies. Weak creatures. Soft. His to play with.
As far as could be told from a face that was never made to display expressions, his was smug.
the sunglasses he wore were to protect his eyes from
the sun, heat and sand that was in the air, for albeit he
could see again, they were still somewhat healing. for
them to get infected or exposed to sunlight or light in
general for a extended period of time cause harm his
eyes and, perhaps, turn him blind if not careful.
wanting to get a feel for moving about the city while
wearing the spectacles, before he’d head for the others
of the group, he wanted to walk around a little, just to
get adjusted to his somewhat impaired vision. everything
was darker for starters, omitting tiny details from his sight.
the rim of the glasses even prevented him to being able
to see various parts of the area. he’d have loved to
argue with the doctors that he had to be able to move
about without them to function at 100%, but that wasn’t
going to happen if his eyesight was on the line.
it was ever so subtle, but he could feel the faintest waft
of air in his face, as if a door closing next to his face. that
wasn’t a normal gust of wind, he was sure. looking around,
he didn’t notice them immediately, but finally looking up,
he noticed a bird sitting upon the corner of a building,
seemingly watching him with a single eye, but that’d be
ridiculous right? yet, he couldn’t shake the feeling there
was more to the bird he was looking at. for one, the cap
they wore indicated they were owned by someone, but
there was no telling who. he looked away, continuing to
walk, but couldn’t help but feel being looked at.
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