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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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[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?"