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[shatteredlenses]

 

This is Ignis.  Please leave a message and I'll get back to you as soon as possible.  Storyteller willing, I may actually be able to read messages left for me soon.
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And, no, your Highness, this doesn't mean I will be too busy to make sure you eat your vegetables. 

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[shatteredlenses]

Ignis presses his head against Cobweb a moment longer and then raises it so he can face in Shion's direction. He's obviously considering the offer, though it is very difficult for him to decide who he would send to stay with Shion. All of those who are left as so dear to him, but if he is going to send them to stay with anyone, it would be Shion who he cares about like a son.

"Do you..." He pauses a moment before turning his blind gaze toward Rory who he knows still is resting on her perch. She was his first companion, but Leilani is like a daughter to him and Leo...he just needs Leo right now. Besides, he has a feeling if he sent the tigerlily away, even with the best of intentions, he would return to watch over him. Just like Gladio would have wanted.

"Can you take care of Rory for me? She won't want to leave me, but she is well trained and if I ask her to go, I believe she will. I can teach you her signals too so she will answer to you and so you know how to fight with her."

[savedbyasong]

Shion followed Ignis'turn of the head towards Rory. The phoenix was all grown up now, from the chick Ignis had befriended... About a year ago now.

"Of course I'll look after Rory for you. If you think she will stay with me." She's less volutile now. Shion remembered his attempts with the phoenix's last year.

"She will be very welcome." Cobweb will have to learn to be less boisterous but Shion has faith in the tigerlilly.

[shatteredlenses]

Ignis nods, obviously torn, but knowing what needs to be done, "She's very intelligent. She will understand even if it's not quite in the same way as you or I would."

He doesn't know if he was just lucky to have gotten a very smart chick, or if it was just that all of them were like that, but she's always been so quick to understand and learn, especially after the incident with Gladio. It was almost like she knew she had really messed up and was determined to do better.

And she had done better. Ignis would never stop being proud of her for that.

"Perhaps that is why you were never able to befriend one of your own. Someone somewhere knew you would need to be able to take Rory in for me later."

[savedbyasong]

"Perhaps." For Shion that was a worrying thought, though he knew Ignis meant it in a more general way like the fates of stories. But people having the power to control everything in your life and environment. That might be truer than they would like and the idea scares Shion.

"What do you think Rory? Would you like to come and live with me, Nezumi and Cobweb for a while?"

[shatteredlenses]

There is a ruffle of feathers and a soft sound that Ignis just knows means Rory is tilting her head questioningly. The action is so familiar that it hurts him, but he manages to swallow down the pain.

"Of course I'll come visit you, silly bird. You're not going to be rid of me for good, but Shion could use someone else to keep him company. He's lost a lot of friends recently too."

It takes her a moment, as if she is considering and then she coos. It's not a loud sound, but it is an approving one. One that makes a grateful smile cross Ignis' face.

"Thank you, my friend."

[savedbyasong]

"Thank you Rory." He smiled at Ignis and reached out to hold his friends hand. "We will visit often."

He was glad he was able to do something, however small to help.

"I brought some food. Are you hungry?"