(Part 1)
“Holy fuck,” says Magnus.
“Don’t curse ‘em out! Gods, man, it’s like you have no manners.”
“Merle, they’re – ” Magnus gestures helplessly at the two elves. “Merle, they’re little.”
“We’re not little!” Lup frowns, stepping forward. Taako tugs her further back into the cave, eyeing Magnus warily.
“How old are you, then?” Magnus asks, kneeling on muddied ground in front of them. Taako shuffles backward. Lup steps in front of him.
“Eleven,” Lup says defiantly. “‘N we can take care of ourselves.”
“Eleven?” Magnus yelps.
“I’m sure you can, kiddos,” Merle says, kneeing Magnus out of the way. “You’ve taken care of yourselves so far, haven’tcha?”
“Yeah!”
“You’re a coupla brave kiddos.”
“We’re – ”
“Don’t paternize us,” Taako snaps. “You don’t know us a’ all.”
Magnus opens his mouth, but Merle elbows him in the knee. “You’re right,” he says, chuckling in that paternal way of his, then outstretches his soulwood arm. “But I’d love to get to know you tykes better. How’sabout we get outta this cave and I can see you two in proper daylight?”
God how would Krav react to seeing a tiny Taako tho, or just like the reactions of the other five birds?
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