"Who on earth came up with this monstrous way of moving around!"
"Did ancient people from who knows how long ago actually like this sort of thing?"
Sitting beside the bonfire at the Fire Transmission Ceremony, Anleisi had a belly full of complaints she couldn't hold back. She feared she might suffocate here if she didn't vent.
Just a while ago, when she was still drowsy upon waking up, she was suddenly scooped up by a giant bird returning to its nest.
Thinking the creature was an overprotective mother come to punish the human who ate its chick, it turned out the bird didn't even glance at the broken eggshells and spilled egg fluid on the ground, and just grabbed Anleisi and flew away.
Even Kaius was momentarily stunned by the decisiveness, having only drawn his weapon halfway when the enemy fled?
