mykidisthebest

[YEET

they have successfully emerged from BABY ACQUISITION TRIP]

[good job team that was a successful distraction]

--Easy!

Congratulations on your new children.

Thanks for your help.

[leans in to kiss his dragon snout]

Help me think of some good names for them later.

[aLL OF HIS FEATHERS FLUFF]

...

Ah. I shall.

...?

[oh no that was cute

kisses him again, because he can]

[lETHE!!!

gets even poofier and twines the tip of his tail around Lethe's ankle, without saying anything]

[charon isn't telling him to stop!!!!! he takes that big scaley face in his hands and rubs at a spot near his ears that he knows is soothing. and then kisses his forehead while he's at it]

[hey??? what is happening

makes a tiny grumbly interrogative noise at this point, even as the feather crest on his head relaxes from being pet]

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[pets him for a long moment, content to stare at his face]

Are you feeling a little better?

[he is maybe purring a little bit again, subliminal. gross]

. . . a little.

[makes sure his fingers get the spot that makes Charon purr the loudest]

Are you coming back to the barn, or staying out here? I can give you some busywork, if it would help.

[he pretends not to perceive his own purring but it is i n t e n s e. silly]

Mmm. If we are not resuming the meeting, there are other tasks I ought attend to, before whenever Rose is meant to come up on our schedule.

If you would like help getting the animals settled, I will provide it first, though.

[he loves it. it is incredibly silly and he would not change it.]

Only if you want to help. I don't want to take you away from anything else if it's urgent.

[shakes his head]

Just some check-ins on prior requests from others. It is fine.

In that case, I'd love to have your help. It'll go faster with two people. Do you know if we have any big wooden boxes around?

[reluctantly stops petting him now that there is a task to be done]

['-']

There were one or two, from when we had no better furniture on hand.

Those should work as makeshift hutches if we put some hay in them.

[he idly reaches over to run his fingers through the feather crest on his head, straightening out any poofy-looking feathers. then he carefully picks up the bag full of bunnies (and egg) and heads for Lily barn]

[stands very still for a moment, face luckily totally inscrutable in this shape, and then follows.]

[slows his steps so Charon can catch up, quietly falling into step next to him on the walk back]

[havin a normal one]

What accomodations do you need for the egg, before and after hatching?

Before hatching I'd like to keep it in a warm nest, which is easy enough to make. After hatching I'd like to have a decently-sized bird cage for it, until it can fly around on its own and won't attack anyone. I think it'd be fine on the barn roof most of the time, but like with the bunnies, I want to have a safe spot for it inside.

If we can create beds and lamps through herd mentality, we can create a cage easily.

Do chicks require nighttime feedings?

It's been a while since I've worked with baby birds...

[scrunches his nose up a lil as he searches his memory]

Baby chicks that haven't opened their eyes need to feed every three or four hours, I think. And once they open their eyes it's every...four to five hours? I'll have to check. Once they grow in their feathers they can eat two or three meals a day, which is roughly every six hours.

Would you like me to deal with the ones in the wee hours? I would most often be awake, anyway.

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