This is such a silly idea but- Cale being able to talk to animals. And talk as in mutual understanding, not Cale randomly chirping and squeaking.
See, he already has such affinity with nature due to his APs, alongside people commenting how he smells like nature and forests. And considering all of this, animals are always rather fond of him (this part is canon).
So, maybe he discovers that he can talk to them after gathering about 3-4 APs, and just shrugs it off, adaptable as he is.
Now imagine his fam randomly finding him sitting on trees, birds perched on his shoulders and squirrels nibbling on his loose shirt.
Imagine finding him lying in a meadow and an hour later, there's literal snakes coiled around him sleeping peacefully. He wakes up, groans, and shifts them a little to turn over and continues napping. All to his family's horror.
Instead of sending scouts and receiving reports, he just whistles and a hawk emerges out of nowhere and lands on his head. While Raon is left feeling odd in the corner.
Imagine him chatting with doves, saying things like 'what, your house got destroyed? Tsk,' and inviting them over to the trees near his villa. Saying 'that's the way to my home, there's a lot of bushes there' while pointing directions to a hedgehog. Imagine him watching a pair of swans and smiling so brightly, shouting 'congratulations!' and the swans actually bow politely and swim away. All the while others are just ????
Imagine the plethora of misunderstandings since Cale never bothered to explain anything. Some assume it's his usual shenanigans, while some actually find it terrifying.
And he always carries a strange pouch with him. Others think its some mysterious power or a bunch of golden plaques. But no. It's a bag containing premium quality bird feed, nuts, dried flowers and fruits and sometimes, bird eggs. And worms. And raw meat. Because believe it or not, even animals don't work for free (He wouldn't accept bothering them for free either).
Please i want to see him nodding and humming along to rabbits settled around his lap, complaining of their lives. I want these goofballs to spread news around the continent of a human who looks even prettier than disney princesses.
And the best part—Cale glaring at a sloth crawling atop a branch and just saying, 'Yk, you're living my dream. Just like that.' And the sloth just squeaks in pity. Which only irritates him further because even the natural smile of a sloth looks mocking to him. His fam doesn't even bother at this point.
This post really sparks joy lol
Like really, Cale's already such a Disney Princess talking to animals and recruiting them do to his bidding - we could add this to canon and literally nothing changes.
...Well, maybe that part with Elisneh having rats spy to look for Cale and co. in Caro Kingdom. Instead of hiding from them in the ceiling, Cale could just bribe the rats to betray Elisneh haha. Or maybe recruit some wild cats instead for free food (kinda like the Dark Elves in the Empire... now that I think about it, this comparison fits too well. Alberu's spirit animal is literally a feline! lol). Either way, same outcomes.
All of those examples of Cale communicating with animal are hilarious, but my favorite one is the swans. Congrantulating a pair of monogamic birds is SUCH a Cale thing to do for some reason 🤣 I wanna see Cale attend a swan wedding now lol
11/10, I endorse this headcanon
You guys just have to write this into a fic
