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*More than a little bit grossed out by what she had just witnessed, Luana sits on the floor of the hut, figuring that she won't have far to fall that way.*

Wait, so, a mammal and a bird? How is that even- Wait, I don't want to know.

*She looks up at the flawless white egg.* You carried that things for a long time. When is it going to hatch?

*Luana holds he egg out at arm's length with both hands, watching it carefully and trying not to drop it as the child moves beneath the surface.* Help her? How? You mean, hatch it ourselves?

Here, *hands egg back to Mystina and reaches into her pocket* I've go a Swiss Army knife. I keep it sharp, so maybe we can use that.

*She pulls the bright red tool out of her pocket, and displays the longest of the blades for Mystina to see.* If we can find a spot where we won't cut the baby, we might be able to make a slit and pull the shell apart.

*Luana finds the spot with her own fingertips and gentle slides the blade over it. It slices through easily, and a cloudy goo leaks out from the cut. A few strands of it attatch themselves to the blade and stretch as Luana tries to pull it away.*

Eeewww! *tries to wipe goo off on jeans, then puts knif away* Okay, now what? We open the shell, right? *Luana can feel her stomach churning, and she's sue she's going to be sick. The smell doesn't help.*

((Last post ever to be made by Tacitus/Torment using this account. It belongs to someone else, but I'm using this account to RP a non-Brink character: The Ageless Sentinel))

Outside the hut Sent had nodded off slightly, but when he heard the child within, his eyes darted open. He turned to the door and moved the flap of bound vines aside, stepping through. He seemed to be a rather well built Faerie with odd wings, for a Faerie, that gave the impression of feathers running across the surface. On his hands the nails were slightly longer than normal, but the most peculiar thing was his face. His eyes were unlike any other Fey's, large black pupils with a ring of gold, the nose that fell between the eyes slightly larger than normal. Despite a rather intimidating look about him, and the seemingly apathetic look that permanently stained his visage when in the company of any other than Mystina, he also seemed to exude an aura of tranquility and peace, with an underlying strength that seemed to be born from his soul. His guise cracked as he saw the child, not noticing Luana, making his way to her and the mother, not yet saying a word.

*I guess that's her Bird-man. She stands by Mystina and looks down at the child, but doesn't want to interrupt. Well, she is kind of cute...*

Nice to meet you, Sent. *And nice to know my culture isn't the onlly one that still does that kind of thing on a regular basis, she adds silently.*

*Mystina offers her the child.*

Ah, well- *Luana takes the child, and tries to hold her carefully, as if she were made of glass. She supports Aerie's head as best she can, like she had heard a person was supposed to do when holding a baby.* Okay. I guess, if you think it's a good idea.

*Not even when she handled chemicals that could potentially destroy her best friend's basement laboratory did her hands shake the way they do now. Fearing that she might drop the child, Luana holds the baby a little closer. Aeria Faven was so tiny. Luana looked at her for a moment, at all the little details she could see. It was like looking at one of her models. She could hold a small one in her hand and almost guess what the final product would look like.*

*Luana does not realize it, but in the moment that she holds the baby Fae, she begins to smile.*