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[kingsdaughter]

[Sigrid is looking fairly haggard and pale. Behind her is the rugged green wilderness surrounding the Station, though the Station itself is not in sight.]

I'm in the middle of nowhere at all and I've got a bad leg. I couldn't find my locket and I had to ask a thrush to find it for me. A thrush. I'm talking to thrushes and they answer me. Anyway I need help. The thrush said he'd go and find someone, but I don't know who he meant. Does anyone know if thrushes are wise birds or silly birds? If he brings back a bear or something, I've got to hide now.

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[firith]

[ He's 99% certain that Bard wouldn't thank him for letting his daughter possibly be eaten by a bear because of a loopy thrush. Thranduil checks the lockets soon after the bird swoops in to disturb him at his meal and fixes his remaining sword to a belted hip, taking Gelefn to ride out of the station. Legolas is already occupied for the time being, he hasn't needed Thranduil all afternoon.

Five minutes or so after Sigrid's broadcast and the unicorn finding a comfortable pace as it follows the excitable thrush, the Elvenking responds. ]

Exactly how badly injured is your leg? Your messenger failed to elaborate.

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[kingsdaughter]

[She could just about cry to see his face.]

It's a couple of days old, but I can't walk very far unless there's a bear chasing me or something. Did he speak to you, too?

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[firith]

He did. [ This girl and her fear of bears, tho. ] Why has no one treated your wound, Sigrid?

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[all7seas]

Wait, wait.....why on earth would a thrush partner with a bear?

[Let's get to the important things first.]

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[kingsdaughter]

...Well, bears and thrushes don't compete or hunt each other.

[She has no idea why she's trying to reason out a panicked statement she made, besides it being a better thing to do than keep panicking.]

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[all7seas]

They also don't conspire amongst themselves to devour girls.

[At least.......he hopes they don't. Dear God....they DON'T, do they? Here? In this place?]

......Was the thrush smiling in a way that made you feel uncomfortable, darling?

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[breadmaking]

You...talked to a bird?

[He has to take a second to process that, giving her a searching look to see if this is all some joke or not.]

Are you sure you didn't hit your head somewhere, or something?

[Not trying to be rude!! Just...pointing out other possibilities. More likely possibilities.]

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[kingsdaughter]

No.

[She swallows.]

No, I'm not at all sure.

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[breadmaking]

Ah...

[That should be something someone's sure about... Unless hitting their head made them forget. Or. Something.

At a loss, he stares awkwardly at her, pursing his lips as he thinks as quickly as he can.]

Well, uh. Does your head hurt at all? Are you seeing...any other talking animals?

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[steeledskin]

...What happened to your leg?

[ or perhaps it was always bad. how is she to know? she's never truly met her friend. ]

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[kingsdaughter]

An imp tried to take it off a few days ago. With his teeth.

[Between orcs and imps, Sigrid is about 5000% done.]

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[steeledskin]

Gods! [ the tale, however brief, drags this imprecation from her. ] But if it was days ago -- it's been cleaned and wrapped, yes?

[ she knows it will be no help in the wild -- after only a few weeks she can consider herself that knowledgeable, at least. but she starts with the simplest request: confirmation that the wound has already been tended. ]

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[baseborne]

[Gods Sigrid, you find more trouble than Arya, and that's saying something. Worried:] Did you find aid?

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[kingsdaughter]

I'm fine. The thrush brought the Elvenking.

[Yes she is about 5000% done with all this. She wants at least a week off after this; no dragons, no orcs, no bitey imps, no Stark family drama.]

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[baseborne]

[As a Snow, Jon officially blames everybody who isn't him for the Stark drama.] Then it seems to me that thrushes are more wise than silly.

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[bythewaves]

You are near the Station, mistress. I recognise those woods. If twas a thrush you spoke to, undoubtedly Thranduil will know by now.

[ here have another elf, although this one is outside somewhere, and doesn't look particularly well ]

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[kingsdaughter]

There are suddenly quite a lot of people who speak thrush.

[Not suddenly at all, Siri.]

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[bythewaves]

[ a flicker of amusement ]

I would not call it many, mistress. But the laiquendi have always had a way with bird and beast.

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[reticence]

[Faolan raises an eyebrow. He has experience with uncanny birds, but never once did he witness them speaking. Not even Drustan, the bird man himself.]

Are you certain that it was only a bird that you were speaking to?

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[kingsdaughter]

I'm not certain of anything. He sounded like a bird, anyway; I just understood him. And he understood me as well.

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[reticence]

[What is it about this place? Faolan's eyebrow remains raised.]

I have experience with a man who could take the shape of a bird at will. He never had the skill of communication while he was changed, however. I recall him saying it was difficult to keep track of human thought at all.

Either you have encountered a very skilled shapeshifter of the likes I have never seen or heard, or something else is afoot. [Which is concerning, especially for a young woman, injured and alone in the wilderness as she seems to be.] What is your name?

[bullhorned]

Seven hells. What's the use of these fairy royals if they can't even manage to keep track of us?

[War of the shards. Lost due to utter incompetence.]

[kingsdaughter]

[Oh bless you, Gendry, you made her laugh.]

Scattered to all four winds, we are. But I've made you two shirts.

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[fatherlordandfool]

[ The craggy face that answers is pinched with worry. ]

I should have checked this earlier rather than hunt the castle for you! Have you found sanctuary, Sigrid? Are you safe?

[kingsdaughter]

I'm safe at the station.

...I should probably tell you I've got a...erm. Ability? That you might put to use someday. To what use, I don't know.