Parto Two! :D
Although Toris's ear was practically one with the window glass, he wasn't able to hear much of Natalia and Arthur's conversation.
"What could they be talking about? Why is Natalia staring so intently at Arthur? Oh this is so infuriating." he muttered to himself. Arthur was walking back and forth, his blue cape following his movements. He was saying something that seemed to delight Ms. Arlovskaya. Her eyes lit up to whatever it was that Arthur said, annoying Toris even more.
"I wish I could hear what they were saying." He said. He was tempted to fling open the window to interrupt their meeting, when something soft landed on his head. Toris looked up and saw a black winged creature sitting on his head.
"Huh?"
"SQUEAK!" said the creature. It fluttered it's wings harshly causing Toris's hair to scramble everywhere. Toris put his hands over the creature, hoping the two inside the house wouldn't notice him. Coming from his hands, the sounds of the creature were squeaking through.
"SQUEAK SQUEAK SQUEAK!"
"Hush little black one! Are you trying to expose me?" Toris whispered, opening his hands to get a look at the creature. It was a small bat, smaller then his own hands, that was frantically trying to bite the skin off of Toris's hands. "This bat looks awfully familiar.."
"Squeak."
Toris looked up and saw yet another bat staring right at him from inside the house. This bat was much larger, and appeared to be the captive bat's parent. Toris realized then, that these bats belonged to Arthur and that they could communicate with him at any moment, exposing Toris's existence. He immediately released the smaller bat, enduring a few scratches from it's claws.
"Well, I hope you somehow make it back inside little one." he took out a piece of bread from his bag and gave it to the bat. As he bent down to get his hat the little bat starting flying around Toris's head, making noise as it went.
"SQUEAK! SQUEAK!"
"What now little bat? Can't you see I'm in the middle of escaping here?" the little bat did not comply. It swooped down from the air and grabbed Toris's hat from his head. "Hey! Give that back!" The little back flew towards the window where the older bat stood, watching Toris try to grab the hat from the air. The little bat made some more squeak noises when it landed on the window sill and opened its mouth.
"What? Are you trying to talk to me? You may be Arthur's bat but I am sure you are just as normal as any other bat."
"…..called a Dragon's Egg." Said a voice. The sound was coming from the little bat, but bats couldn't talk, could they?
"Ivan must be working me too hard. I'm hearing Arthur's voice coming from a little bat!" Toris said, putting his hands to his head.
"Dragon's Egg? Are you saying that…?" said a voice that Toris knew too well. He looked at the window and back to the little bat. "Natalia?" the little bat fluttered it's wings as if saying, "Listen!". Toris bent down below the window. Somehow, the little bat was projecting the voices inside to outside for Toris to hear.
"If we find a Dragon's Egg, our deal will be completed. You get what you want, I get what I want." Said Arthur's voice.
"Fine, fine. But where would we find such a thing? I doubt even you could find it." Said Natalia's voice. (It was interesting to hear two voices come out of one mouth.)
"I may not be able to get the egg directly, but I have some clues leading to it. For instance, there is a rumor that tells the whereabouts of a dragon's hiding place."
Toris couldn't think of what to make of their conversation. Dragons? Eggs? It sounded like nonsense. But, it seemed that Natalia was very interested in this egg. She did go as far as to hire the Arthur Kirkland. Then, a sudden idea struck him. What if he were to find this Dragon's Egg? If he were to present it to his beloved Natalia? Would anything change? It was certainly worth a try.
Not much for romance as for the beginning of adventure. :P I'm not quite sure what bats sound like, definitely not SQUEAK if you ask me. But hey, most Hetalian animals sound weird right? XD
