Chapter 50- the road to recovery and unfortunate aftereffects of the war
Later
The news of what Penelope had said about Triton had reached the ears of Neptune, Ultramarine and Penelope's parents through Fedor and Rafflesia. Now Penelope had been brought before these four macaws, and Fedor and Rafflesia and Marinho for a serious talk. While this went on, Indigo watched from her and her family's tree, tears still streaming down her face. Charon, Quincy and Blueberry were with her; Neytiri, Aiden, Kiawe, Mariposa, Citrine, Caspian, Alessandro and Rhiannon had left for their relatives' trees for they had been called to help with some tasks but Spyro and his bat-bird had decided to stay behind with Indigo and Flor's three older siblings. Spyro, Quincy, Charon and Blueberry watched on as Penelope, though guilty, refused to listen to her parents and Indigo's own parents and uncle.
"She's as stubborn as a Brazil nut," muttered Spyro as he ate a Hoja Doblada meal (Spanish for 'folded leaf') given to him by Anakin for his lunch shortly after he had returned to the home grove of the Navyfeather Clan. The stuffing in the large green folded leaf consisted of crushed coconut, mango, grubs (larvae of certain bugs) and some other insects.
"Tell me about it," muttered Charon in disgust, "I can't believe that she would compare poor Triton to the most despised and infamous flying fox colony leader based on what happened when he helped to protect Sebastian and his two sisters from certain death…"
"It was so insensitive," said Quincy in agreement.
"Absolutely," said Blueberry. Just then, the sound of flapping wings reached the group's ears. Charon, his sister and brother and Spyro, and also the tearful Indigo, turned and looked at Pluto as he touched down before them.
"What's the news, Dad?" asked Charon. Pluto, a frowned face, shook his head.
"Penelope's not listening to the rebukes of her parents or even the new hyacinth clan leader," he muttered in disappointment.
"That's the last thing Marinho needs after the loss of his uncle," said Spyro. Pluto's eyes then settled on the tearful Indigo as she continued sobbing.
"But what she said about Indigo's brother was totally and utterly unacceptable and inappropriate," he said, "Augustus is not gonna be pleased when he hears about this."
"Especially after Triton had to sacrifice half his sight to save his son and daughters as well," said Blueberry. Pluto nodded in agreement. Then another thought came to him.
"Oh, we're planning on a visit to the casualties in hospital later today, folks," he said, "We're gonna see Lapis Lazuli and the others and see how they are doing."
"I heard that Frodo, our new Cuban red macaw friend, has devised a way for Triton to conceal most of the disfigurement of his left face," said Quincy, "So he's going to come with us and give it to Triton."
Well, that's very nice of him," said Pluto.
"What about Eustace?" asked Blueberry.
"He's lost a talon," said Charon, "His disfigurements aren't facial. There's not much that could be done to conceal what is left of his left talon."
Blueberry sighed, knowing that Eustace, unlike Triton, will not need anything to cover the stump of his missing left talon though he might need something to conceal the remnants of his injuries from his attacker which were likely to scar. With the thoughts of Triton and Eustace swimming around in her mind, Blueberry refocussed on the confrontation of Penelope and her parents, Indigo and Triton's parents and Marinho and the other elders and Penelope constantly and stubbornly rebuffing their attempts to tell her off. 'I hope she learns to accept the fact that Triton will not be the same again with his sight loss," thought Blueberry worriedly.
Weeks since the war pass
In the passing weeks since the Great Battle for the Sanctuary, as the event has been named, the jungle in the nature reserve was beginning to return to normal. Furthermore, the injuries most of the battlers had sustained during the fight were in the process of healing. The birds that had to be taken to the hospital after sustaining more serious injuries were also on the road to recovery. The plumages of Lapis Lazuli, Esmeralda, Orquidea, Ruby, Alfonso, Ted, Nuvem and Waldo were growing back and their wings and tails were sprouting new flight feathers to replace the ones torn out by their flying fox interrogators as part of the torture scheme. The cuts and bruises marking their bodies had also receded and faded and their personalities were returning. After proper nourishment by the bird carers, the eight macaws' builds were also returning and they all enjoyed proper sleep and rest, safe from all that had been going on. The friends, families and relatives of these eight macaws and also the other casualties such as Blu, Ceres, Athos, Victor and Virgil and the rest had visited and had talked with them, catching up on the activities and the recovery in the jungle, the party preparations, the resuming of the Amazon Pit of Games League and that Augustus and his new clan, which were in the process of establishing in an unclaimed part of territory on the Sanctuary de Amazon with many of the hidden birds, those that had been rescued by Lily's friends and other flying foxes that had been against the teachings of the colony, will be participating and were practicing soccer, something the flying foxes had never done before. Lapis Lazuli, Esmeralda, Orquidea, Ruby, Alfonso, Ted, Nuvem and Waldo looked forward to being released into the wild, to be reunited with their tribes, clans and friends, but then uncertainty gnawed at them; how will they, especially Lapis Lazuli, going to face the other birds after what had happened in the evil flying fox colony's interrogation patch? Will they be forgiven? It was a difficult and painful wait for these eight as they continued to wait until their release once they were well enough to be sent back into the wild.
While the eight surviving former prisoners were recovering from their horrifying four-day ordeal in the interrogation patch of the flying fox colony's territory, the other casualties, among them Blu, Virgil, Ceres and Titania with their broken wings, Athos with his broken talon, and Sunset who was stabbed by a deranged flying fox with a sharp-stick shortly after her arrival in the jungle with Travis and the others from Rio in search of Eustace and company were also recovering. Blu, Virgil, Ceres and Titania's fractured wings were healing and soon, they will be ready to fly again while Athos will be able to use his left talon once again once it had recovered. Ash the military macaw and Titania's new mate, who had been almost fatally stabbed by a sharp-stick-armed flying fox through the back and had lost a lot of blood was also well enough to be placed into the recovery room once his condition reached stable. However, he had been badly shaken from the whole ordeal. Those with nasty gashes inflicted on them, such as Ceres with the stitch-up gash on her forehead and longer gash down the left side of her torso, Victor with some gashes across his torso, Eustace with a few gashes on his belly just above his amputated talon, Triton with the gashes running over his left facial side and Flor who had many scratches crisscrossing her sea green plumage, were likely to develop into scars which would serve as permanent reminders of the violence they had faced during the war, especially Triton in his protecting of Sebastian, Stella and Luna from a hulking flying fox. He had been utterly depressed over the loss of sight in his left eye and the scars running over his entire left facial side but when Frodo, the Cuban red macaw had offered him the solution of concealing much of the damage: a large leaf bandana to wear over his eye, he had perked up. Furthermore, Frodo had suggested to the macaws likely to develop scars to apply certain fruit to help reduce them, which he will show as soon as they were released from hospital. And Roberto, who had managed to deal with Voldemort and the last of Cicatriz's colony, had had his talon treated and luckily, his wound had not suffered infection due to his rush to the hospital being so quick, unlike Venus when she had suffered an attack from the same evil bat several years before. After having his injury treated and following a short stay in the hospital, Roberto was finally released into the wild where he was reunited with Brisa, Jojo, Felix, Lavender, Chilro, Ophelia and all his extended family and friends including Jewel, Carla, Bia, Tiago, Tyler, Ricardo and Cassia, the mate of Nuvem who longed for her mate's release as well.
Back in the Sanctuary de Amazon itself, everything was returning to normal before Cicatriz and Iracebeth had put their invasion plans into motion. The blue-throated macaws had moved back into their home grove while the Bluewing Clan's grove had been taken up by some of the hyacinth macaws and many of the birds from the hidden group. The Lear's tribe had moved back into their ravine and it had been confirmed by the patrol groups that the flying foxes, those that had lived as part of the colony, had definitely disappeared for good. Only those that were allied with the birds and had been against the anti-bird teachings remained and they had established a clan outside the Blue-throated macaw clan's territory in an unclaimed part of land with some of the birds of the hidden group, with Augustus and Melissa as their leaders. Furthermore, Augustus, Melissa, Ana and Marcus had set up the area as a sort of village paradise for the extremely rare birds such as the Cuban macaws and the Dominican green-and-yellow macaws to settle in, and had named it 'El Pueblo de Lily', Spanish for 'The Village of Lily', named in honour of the flying fox and Melissa's cousin who helped to rescue and hide the extremely rare birds from the rest of the colony and their murderous plans on slaughtering them. Things really were improving for everyone but among them happiness, sadness was present as well. A funeral had been planned for the party to honour those that had died during the Great Battle for the Sanctuary, among them Flavio and the Bluewing Clan members that had died in sacrificing themselves to protect the blue-throated macaws from the flying foxes' invasion. Some of the birds were already grieving for the loss of those individuals, among them Marinho, Ultramarine and Neptune for Flavio and Violeta and the last of the Bluewing hyacinth macaws for their fallen comrades, however.
Outside the hospital
Months after the war, the last of the casualties were ready for release. These casualties were Blu, Flor, Triton, Eustace, Athos, Ash and the eight former prisoners. Titania, Virgil and Ceres had already been released and now it was these twelve birds' turn. Their friends and families waited for their emergence after so long, and they were perched on the lowest branches of the trees closest to the hospital. Carla, Bia and Tiago waited with Luke, Linda and their new adopted brother, Eddie and also Justin, Charlotte, Matilda, Virgil (whose wing and shoulder had healed and had been released two days prior, along with Ceres and Titania) and their parents Zephyr and Venus. Venus held Azurite and Aquamarine in her wings while Charlotte stood with Músculo. Next to Zephyr's family, Roberto, Brisa, Jojo, Felix, Lavender, Chilro and Ophelia stood with Kira, Turquesa and Garrett whose tail feathers had finally regrown, their wings interlocking or draped over their backs. Tyler and Ricardo, along with Tyler's mate Aurora and the two brothers' mother Cassia stood by Roberto's family, also excitedly waiting for the last of the casualties' release.
Next to the Spix macaws, Mercury, Sapphire, Phoebe, Jasmine, Annette and Squaw'tagnan waited with Mars, Chiquitita, Phobos, Deimos, Alexandre and Estelle, and Gabrielle, and also Io (whose partly tattered left wing had grown new feathers to replace the ones she had lost, though she had been still able to fly, albeit a little clumsily), Europa, Ganymede, Callisto who held Oliver and Amalthea, and Byron and Sheldon and Mimas, Enceladus, Tethys, Dione, Rhea, Titan, Iapetus and their younger brothers Gordon and Hyperion and friends Porthos, Brooke and Bastian. Mimas stood with her head resting on Ganymede's shoulder while Gordon and Hyperion clambered all over Enceladus and Iapetus's heads. With the blue-and-gold macaws stood Neptune, Ultramarine, Indigo and her mate Victor who donned his trademark fruit shell hat like always, Violet and Trixie who sat beside Enceladus, tittering as Enceladus struggled to move Hyperion from his head. Miranda, Ariel, Umbriel, Titania, Oberon, Aramis and Benjamin who sat with Umbriel sat next to Cobalto, Ceres, Wilbur, Aurelio, Azul and Fernanda who held Desdemona and Lucy who squirmed in Azul and Fernanda's wings, excitedly looking forward to seeing their remaining patients again. The glaucous macaws, Charon, Quincy, Blueberry, Aiden and Neytiri sat with Sunset, Milo, Rosa, Clemont, Serena, Diantha the toucan and also Orion, Velocity, Cometa and Lightning as they looked forward to seeing Eustace and Sunset and also Triton. Also with the group were Izzy, the sister of Venus and her mate Phoebus and their son Erico who was the same age as his cousins Justin and his siblings and friends. Lola, Mercury's mother, was also there, perched beside her son and daughter-in-law, her granddaughters and her mate, a male Lear's macaw named Anton and their son, Thomas, named in honour of Lola's first mate and Mercury's father.
Since being found by Marcus and the other allied flying foxes after managing to escape a savage colony flying fox attack, Lola had met Anton and the two eventually became mates. Izzy had become Anton's adopted daughter while Thomas, Lola and Anton's son had become her adopted brother but he was also the half-brother of Mercury and his deceased brothers and sister. Lola had had a tearful reunion with Mercury after being taken to him and had also been warmly welcomed by Sapphire, Phoebe, Jasmine and Annette, which Lola was happy for Mercury in managing to find a mate and have a brood of three daughters. Mercury had told Lola most of his adventures in the United Kingdom with Jupiter and the others and eventually how he came to meet Sapphire several years ago in Rio while Venus had told the same things to Izzy including how she came to meet Zephyr and Brisa. The long-lost mother of Mercury and sister of Venus had been amazed by their adventures and had been happy for the two in finding mates and having their own chicks.
Augustus and Melissa, together with Sebastian, Stella and Luna, also waited with the birds as they watched Travis Jewel, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Pluto and Monique hover in front of one of the windows to the bird department of the hospital.
"Not long now, folks," said Augustus with a smile.
"I can't believe your city friends had somehow got involved in this conflict," said Izzy to Venus as she petted Erico, her eyes on Sunset and the other four cockatoos and also the peregrine falcons and Diantha.
"They weren't aware of the situation to begin with, sis," said Venus, "And were eventually dragged in."
"They have played a very important role throughout the whole war," said Zephyr, "Such as delivering us the change of kidnapping plans the colony flying foxes had with the discovery of that sleeping plant and also helping us to fight off those savage bats…"
"That half sulfur-crested, half-Major Mitchell's cockatoo must have been very brave to go as far as having his talon so badly mangled that it had to be amputated," said Phoebus in a slightly shaky voice.
"He helped to protect Flor, the daughter of my glaucous macaw friend Pluto and his mate, and some other macaws from being brutally killed, Phoebus," said Brisa, "But unfortunately, he paid a devastating price."
"I heard that the son of your hyacinth macaw friend had lost sight in his left eye trying to protect the three pups of an allied flying fox from certain death as well," said Lola as she sat next to Mercury.
"Yeah, he did," said Neptune sadly, "When I heard and saw the result, I was absolutely horrified and my heart felt as though it had dropped to the very bottom of my body. It was honestly like a living nightmare."
"I bet it was," said Lola's second mate, Anton, "I would be just as utterly horrified as well if anything like that ever happened to my son."
Thomas just shrugged. Then Victor gazed at the scar skin streaking the midsection of his torso.
"Well, I don't know how I am gonna live with these marks," he muttered. Indigo smiled at him.
"Frodo did tell us of a way to help reduce those scars, my dear," she crooned lovingly, a wing on Victor's cheek, "But despite that mark, you're the same loving Victor I know."
Victor smiled back and affectionately wrapped his wings around Indigo's wing near his face. Ceres smiled as she sat with Cobalto and her sons and two daughters.
"Andromeda's father Talonclaw had a set of three very large gashes of scar tissue streaking his torso from a narrow escape from a predatory bat-bird in Jurassic Jungle and he had learned to live with it," said Azul, "So that's not to say that you can't live with that set of scars on your torso either, Victor."
Victor smiled as Azul turned to his mother whose forehead was slashed with one large scar and another scar ran through the left side of her plumage. "The same applies to you, Mom."
Ceres gazed down at the streak of scar tissue streaking like a snake from the top of her left leg up to her neck and brushed it with her wing.
"To hear how she survived having a gash like THAT is unbelievable," said Lola as she gazed at the long scar, "I thought she would have died suffering an injury like that."
Then Ceres gazed at the hospital as Jewel and company continued hovering before the open window.
"Well, I hope Triton and Flor aren't going to suffer too much teasing for their scars ether," she said. Cobalto, Wilbur, Azul, Fernanda and Neptune and his family sighed, hoping that Penelope would accept Triton's permanent scarring and eye loss. Then they turned and faced the hospital. Within moments, Jewel's group was returning, a number of more birds having been added to them.
"Here they come," cried Mars excitedly and with that, the large group of birds and Augustus and his family erupted into a cheer as Jewel, Monique, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Travis and Pluto returned with Blu, Flor, Triton, Eustace, Athos, Ash and also Lapis Lazuli, Esmeralda, Orquidea, Ruby, Alfonso, Ted, Nuvem and Waldo. As soon as the fourteen birds arrived, they were swallowed up by wings from their friends and families and bombarded with happy kisses and hugs. Callisto passionately kissed Athos while Serena embraced Eustace. Flor and Lapis Lazuli were also embraced by their family and Nuvem was greeted by his mate, two sons and his extended family. Waldo also hugged Mercury, Sapphire and his family and friends while Triton was hugged by his parents, sisters and Victor and also his friends, and Alfonso was locked in a hug with his brother Benjamin. However, Felipe, Pearl and Regina were back in the red tribe up to their duties but they looked forward to seeing Ruby and Alfonso again.
Lapis Lazuli, Esmeralda, Orquidea, Ruby, Alfonso, Ted, Nuvem and Waldo were back to their old selves and their plumages were their usual vibrant colours once again. Before, these eight were scrawny, half-starved, almost naked birds with patches of feathers with scratches, bruises and injuries crisscrossing and spotting their skins and their eyes has been flooded with untold terror, delirium and desperation caused by lack of sleep for four days straight and the horrors their interrogators had been put through but now, they had recovered, their plumages, including their wing and tail flight feathers, having fully regrown and their builds were restored. Lapis Lazuli was a beautiful rich blue and grey bird and the Lapis Lazuli Pluto recognised and loved while Esmeralda and Ted were once again coated with leafy green and yellow-green feathers with their wings and tail spouting azure blue and red flight feathers. Their foreheads were also a deep red and they, too, were their old selves again. Esmeralda was fierce and tough as she had always been while Ted was energetic and brimming with humour and energy. Orquidea was also a beautiful aqua blue and yellow blue-and-gold macaw while Alfonso and Ruby were deep red with blue and yellow wings and tails again. Nuvem was also his old self and his cerulean and blue-white plumage had returned, and Waldo was also a navy blue and teal bird once again.
Blu also wore a cheery face as he relished his ability to fly once again while Athos smiled at being able to use his left talon once again. However, not all of the birds had recovered their appearances fully. Flor's sea-green plumage was marked by several scars crisscrossing her body and face while Ash's back was marked by a large patch of scar skin where the sharp-stick went in. Eustace's left talon was a mere stump and his lower body was marked with several scars and Triton's left facial side bore its scars where the flying fox had struck him. However, he wore the leafy bandana over his left eye to help conceal some of the damage and looked forward to adapting to life with just one eye with the help of his family and friends. After they broke the hug with Nuvem after he had kissed Cassia, Zephyr and Brisa smiled at their cousin.
"Look at you," said Zephyr, "You're just like your old self again."
"Yeah," said Nuvem as he gazed at his regrown plumage, "The humans in the hospital has looked after us very well."
Then laughter filled the air as Esmeralda playfully chased Uranus and Miranda, the others looking on and laughing. Then Augustus came in. however, when Lapis Lazuli's eyes landed on him, she stiffened and her eyes flooded with awareness. Pluto tried to calm her.
"It's alright, he's harmless," he said as Augustus stopped. Melissa also ordered Sebastian, Stella and Luna from approaching the timid glaucous macaw.
"It's what our former colony mates have put her and the other seven through that's caused her to be so wary even around us," he murmured with understanding. Lapis Lazuli continued cowering behind Pluto and Charon as though she expected Augustus to lash at her.
"It's going to take a very long time for those that had suffered the trauma at the wings of those horrible interrogators to get used to us," murmured Augustus, "Especially Lapis Lazuli."
"It's unforgivable what those bats have done, Augustus," said Jewel with a frown, "So it's no surprise that those eight will probably shun even the allied flying foxes for a long time to come."
She then gazed sympathetically at Lapis Lazuli as she was taken to another spot by Pluto. The fear of the flying foxes was also mirrored on Esmeralda, Orquidea, Ruby, Alfonso, Ted, Nuvem and Waldo and they also showed discomfort around Augustus and Melissa as well despite their friendly and respectful attitude towards all birds but Augustus was not surprised. The fear and discomfort around the bats was one of the horrible deep aftereffects of the eight prisoners' ordeal though Cobalto and Ceres had it as well after their traumatising ordeal during the invasion of the Bluewing Clan and blue-throated macaws' home by Cicatriz and his minions. It was indeed going to take a long time for the birds that had suffered the most to recover mentally.
While the reunion continued, Triton stood back, his left eye covered by the leaf bandana when Sebastian came up to him with Stella and Luna.
"How does that leaf suit you, Triton?" he asked. Triton brushed the leaf with his wing.
"It suits me well," he said, "But…"
The three young albino flying foxes looked at him confused. "But what?" asked Sebastian. Triton's right eye, the only eye he had left that was functional, then travelled to Athos as he proposed to Callisto, followed by her pouncing onto him and showering him with smooches and then to Mimas leaning lovingly onto Ganymede's shoulder. Triton's right eye also landed on Justin, Charlotte, Matilda and Virgil as they nuzzled lovingly against their respective other halves, Carla, Músculo, Tiago and Bia. Alexandre, Io, Europa and Ganymede also nuzzled lovingly with their mates Estelle, Sheldon, Byron and Mimas while Jojo, Felix and Lavender affectionately rubbed beaks or leaned on Kira, Turquesa and Garrett. Titan and Brooke also nuzzled lovingly against each other while Umbriel and Benjamin sat next to each other as they talked with Alfonso. Triton then gazed at Indigo as he talked with Victor and Phoebe, Azul, Enceladus, Dione, Titan, Miranda and Oberon as they talked with Squaw'tagnan, Fernanda, Trixie, Porthos, Brooke, Aramis and Tethys. Neytiri and Aiden Also sat with Charon and Blueberry while Eustace and Rosa sat with Clemont and Serena as they talked with Velocity and Orion. As he gazed at the couples, Triton's right eye began to flood with sadness as he thought of Penelope.
"Triton?" asked Sebastian.
"What's the problem?" asked Stella. Triton didn't answer but bowed his head and turned the other way.
"You know you've got a lot to be thankful, Triton," said Luna, "Especially after you saved our lives. Too bad it cost you half your sight though."
Sebastian and Stella also looked on with sympathetic eyes when Phobos, Deimos, Jasmine, Annette, Wilbur, Aurelio, Ariel and Rhea walked in.
"Hey, Triton," said Phobos.
"Why are you so sad?" asked Deimos. Triton gazed back the two unusually small green-winged macaws, his right eye weeping a tear.
"Nothing," he said, trying to deny his sadness but the group saw through the façade.
"We can tell you're upset about something," said Jasmine, "We demand to know."
"Is it because of the other couples?" asked Annette. Triton did not answer and gazed back at her. Then Wilbur deduced what the problem was.
"I think it could be…" he began when suddenly; Ariel saw a familiar navy blue form fly in.
"Hey, it's Penelope," she said. At this, Triton's single eye darted from Ariel's group to the form as she flew in. Sebastian, Stella, Luna, Phobos and the others also gazed at the macaw. Triton froze as his single right eye fixated on the eyes of Penelope as she slowed to a hover, a necklace-like ornament with pieces of fruit shell and stones Triton had collected from his previous visits to Rio and, after being made by Athos and Bia at his request, been given to her as a gift as part of their relationship, clutched in her talons. Penelope's eyes then gazed at Triton's single eye and the scars running from under his bandana down his left cheek, but in those eyes was not sympathy, but the opposite.
"What is it, Penelope?" asked Triton in an edgy voice. Penelope did not answer at first but then her eyes closed, her face turned away and her talons clutching the necklace rose. Then her talons flung the necklace back at Triton's face, slapping against his forehead and dislodging his bandana, exposing part of his damaged, clouded eye. Shock tore through the group as they were taken aback by this action. Triton then caught the necklace and fluttered towards Penelope.
"What was THAT for!?" he demanded. Penelope then turned and flew away, not looking at him.
"I have no use for that, one-eyed freak," she retorted coldly. This struck poor Triton like a bite from a poisonous snake and he froze. Then as the venom from that scathing comment took hold, his heart dropped like a stone and he fell on his front, his right eye weeping and fixing on the necklace, sobs escaping his throat. Then Triton's right eye looked on as Penelope receded into the distance, her back turned to him. When he saw what Penelope had done to him, Brnaco tore after the hyacinth macaw.
"Don't you just realise you've just broken his heart!?" he barked. No reply. Sebastian raised his voice. "Hey, Penelope, are you listening to me?"
Still Penelope pretended that Sebastian wasn't there and continued receding into the trees. Sebastian screeched Penelope's name over and over again to no avail. Seeing this, he gave up and flopped onto a branch as Phobos and Deimos flew up to him, their disgusted eyes fixated on the receding hyacinth macaw.
"Well, that's it!" snarled Phobos sourly, "She's out of our inner circle of friends."
"Yeah, we will drive her away the next time she tries to join us in our regular meetings," put in Deimos. Sebastian continued to lie on his belly, dumbfounded.
"I-I-I don't believe it," he murmured, "How… how could she do this to her own boyfriend, especially after he had saved my life and my two sisters from that bat?"
"Not to mention ignore her clan leader and her parents' rebukes," put in Phobos.
"I've got two words for her regarding that, Sebastian," said a voice. At this, Phobos, Deimos and Sebastian turned and saw Estelle and Alexandre fly in. Estelle, who had spoken, continued, "Too stubborn."
Alexandre then flew over to Triton, who was still lying on his front crying, as Sebastian stared at Estelle.
"And another thing, she seems to have no thoughts about me, Stella and Luna and why Triton had to face the cost of half his sight to save us either," he said disgustedly. Estelle nodded in agreement. Then she, Phobos, Deimos and Sebastian gazed at Triton as he continued to sob his eye out, comforting wings on his shoulders and back as the others had gathered round after hearing his sobs.
"Looks like we have another macaw with a mental injury to help," said Phobos, "Only this time, it's a broken heart."
Deimos, Sebastian and Estelle agreed to this. Penelope was indeed too stubborn and absolutely rejected Triton's tragic change in appearance as a result of his sacrifice to save Sebastian, Stella and Luna, the three offspring of the two flying foxes who had played a very major role in helloing the birds through the war, from certain death at the clutches of that hulking flying fox that had been sent by Cicatriz to deal with them. It was going to be a difficult time for Neptune's family in dealing with Triton's heartbreak and also adapting to his new way of life with just one eye.
