Chapter 95- confrontations and continued anger against the toucans
Around an hour later
Sofia, Marcel and some of their comrades, those that had not yet been caught and caged by the humans and some of those that had attempted to kidnap Betelgeuse, Rigel and Antares to perhaps do away with, stood before a small crowd of EXTREMELY angry faced birds and flying foxes outside Tulio's Aviary, a few metres from the building. The little crowd consisted of Blu, Jewel, Rafael (whose mate Eva was still at the edge of the trees with the fifteen well-behaved toucan chicks, and also Rita, Carlos and some of the other good toucans who looked after Diantha, Lillie and Gladion and comforted them over the loss of Tom), Orton, Zephyr, Aurora and also Carla, Bia, Tiago, Justin, Virgil, Matilda, Finnick, Kira and Andromeda, Eragon and Augustus. Nearby, Melissa, Stella, Soren, Anabelle, Sebastian, Luna, Roberto and Brisa were confronting the parents of the chicks, among them Marco and Anastasia, over the matter involving the sealing of Acerola, the daughter of Anabelle and Sebastian, and Sirius, Einstein, Miles, the sons of Bia and Virgil, and Poinsettia and Wilbur's four chicks Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine and Thymine and also Gladion and Lillie, the only two chicks of Marco, Sofia and their siblings' very own sister Diantha and her deceased mate Tom into a burrow in the forest which almost became their grave in the fire. There were other matters to discuss as well, such as Marco's attempted drowning of Aldebaran, which Petunia and Benjamin were utterly furious with Marco for and wanted to claw his feathers out. Not to mention the news of the fire being largely caused by many of the irresponsible toucans' chickswhich was yet to spread to and reach the ears of the evacuated residents of the sanctuary at the base of the Christ the Redeemer statue where Nico, Pedro, Rose and Sparkle had escorted them, before the fire ripped through the forest and swallowed their homes.
While Blu and company prepared to open up the confrontation with Sofia, Marcel and their comrades, Velocity came in.
"Any updates on Betelgeuse and the other kids' wellbeing, Velocity?" asked Blu firmly.
"Including Connie," put in Augustus.
"Rigel's shard has been removed from her shoulder by the surgeons, Connie's in surgery to fix her broken wing, and Acerola's doing just fine, as are some of the other badly traumatised kids that had also suffered, such as Ferdinand, Katniss and her brother Canopus and cousin Arcturus," replied Velocity but then her face fell, "But Betelgeuse and Antares are still unconscious, the former's burned talon and head bandaged. Tulio has hooked them up to special bird ventilators to keep them alive until they come round, but Tulio and his bird doctors are unsure if those two are gonna survive or not. They, along with Rigel, had been through such a lot, I'm sorry to say. Sheldon, Spinel, Poinsettia, Wilbur, Athos and Ruby and also the Catalina cousins of the three chicks, Adenine and his siblings, are severely worried and extremely upset; especially Spinel and Sheldon."
Then fear for Betelgeuse and Antares' lives coursed through Blu and the others and they shuddered, while Sofia and the other toucans with her continued to look down at their feet and the floor, refusing to turn an eye to Velocity.
"Alright, thanks, Velocity," said Blu sadly, before his anger at Sofia and the others returned.
"Now if you don't mind, we've a very serious matter to attend to," said Rafael, before his glare turned to Sofia and the other toucans with her, who shuddered. Velocity nodded, shot Sofia and the others an outraged glare, spat a caustic insult at them and making them wince from the jabbing spine, and left to return to Tulio's Aviary to keep an update on the kids' wellbeing, and also talk with Dash and the other greyhounds, and Riker her boyfriend.
Soon, the confrontation with Sofia, Marcel and their comrades began.
"Right then, you lot," growled Rafael in a low, enraged but controlled voice, speaking first. He was utterly furious with his daughter and the rest of his offspring that had failed to discipline their kids sufficiently, as was Eva, who had wanted to help in the confrontation initially but then decided to remain with Rita, Carlos, Diantha, Gladion and Lillie and the other reformed and well-behaved toucans including the fifteen good toucan chicks. They, like everyone else, were badly traumatised by the fire caused by many, many of their older siblings' chicks' antics with the fire. Rafael continued, "Tell us, Sofia, Marcel and the rest of you; what were those toucan chicks doing with those sticks on fire?"
"Not to mention those feathers tied to the other end of those flaming things," put in Augustus, "They were utterly offensive, especially to us flying foxes, INDEED."
Sofia and her group did not reply at first. Shame was clearly boiling within them and they knew full well that they were in deep trouble. More than deep, in fact. However, some of them tried to concoct a slew of excuses to try and escape trouble but that will be futile. Finally, Sofia spoke.
"We… did not know that… our kids would… encounter fire…" she said slowly and nervously.
"What, so that YOU could allow those hoodlum chicks of yours to explore WHATEVER THING they encountered at their own devices, even if it is extremely dangerous, eh?" asked Justin as he stood with Carla, Bia, Tiago, Kira, Virgil, Matilda and Finnick, all who had their wings folded and furious glares on their faces.
"Or did you TELL THEM that fire was okay to play with!?" demanded Carla in a more furious voice and with a lurch at Sofia, making her jump back.
"Carla," said Rafael, trying to calm her down. Carla did so and returned to Justin's side. Then Eragon came in and glared Sofia right in the eye.
"Sofia," said the archaeobird clan patriarch and Andromeda's mate, "That FIRE…" he gestured with the claws on his wing, the one that was not attached to the still-healing shoulder still in its cast, to the flaming forest in the night-time background, the fiery monster still clawing at the sky and spewing smoke into it, "has wreaked untold DEVASTATION throughout the ENTIRE city forest… and SO MANY LIVES have been lost, among them one of the GOLDEN FRUITHAWKS, and SO MANY MORE put in grave endangerment, amongst them many of the rescued victims such as Spinel and Sheldon's three chicks, Betelgeuse, Rigel and Antares."
"Yes, that poor eldest daughter of Athos and Ruby and her half-scarlet/half-green-winged mate are in there," put in Zephyr as he stood with Aurora, his wing gesturing to Tulio's Aviary, "sobbing their eyes and hearts out and grasping their older daughter and only son's tiny talons and really HOPING that they, along with Rigel who is still in surgery, don't pass away."
"It seems that the smoke has caused the three so much damage internally," put in Aurora. Sofia gazed at the pigtailed Spix macaw as she hardened her glare, "Not to mention Rigel suffering that wood shard impalement in her shoulder when you and your comrades," she flashed a glare at Marcel and the other toucans with Sofia, "dropped her, Antares and Betelgeuse and sent the three of them plummeting through the canopy. Rigel might never even fly again if the damage to her shoulder is very great and irreparable."
"Even worse, it seemed like a close call," said Kira, "Especially after we learned where that wood shard had hit Rigel."
"That piece of wood would have impaled that poor red macaw chick through the chest during her fall through the canopy, with FATAL RESULTS," put in Finnick, his crest which was like that of Roberto but a different shade of blue spiked out, and in that surge of anger, he lurched forward and gave Sofia a hefty shove, sending the frightened toucan into a stumble and a fall. Marcel shot Finnick a glare as Sofia fell onto her backside and uttered a caustic insult at him, as he glared at Sofia with a volcanic look on his face.
"Finnick!" rebuked Blu as Kira's mate returned to the little crowd. Then Zephyr came in, his furious glare on Sofia and her group.
"YOU lot have inflicted those two poor red macaws with SEVERE heartbreak and devastation several times before," he growled, before his glare landed particularly on Sofia who struggled to her feet with Marcel and another toucan's help. Sofia returned his gaze timidly as he continued, "Especially YOU, young lady," a wing point shot out from Zephyr and its feather tip aimed dead-centre at Sofia's forehead, "YOU practically sent Spinel over the edge with your VILE words about her being stupid in having her chicks… and very NEARLY completely destroyed her relationship with Sheldon," he hissed with disgust as Sofia just indifferently shrugged at this fact, "And now YOU and your COMRADES," he shot Sofia's group another glare, "kidnap Betelgeuse, Rigel and Antares, and the other kids, and abandon those first three… ALL THREE OF THEM unable to FLY… and leave them to get themselves out of that hellish inferno ALL ALONE… just to focus on your own NUMEROUS KIDS…"
"Our kids were suffering severe burns from messing about with those flaming branches," Sofia protested but Zephyr shook his head.
"That's not an excuse," he hissed, "You should have gone back for those red macaw chicks, especially when they tried shouting for help, but you didn't… and you left that trio to stare death in the face in the fire," the mate of Aurora's glare hardened, "and now they might be dying because of your UTTER SELFISHNESS!" he screeched the final two words as he said this, making Sofia flinch.
"And if Betelgeuse, Rigel and Antares don't survive this night," added Jewel, her wrath threatening to explode and the urge to claw Sofia's face in threatening to take control of her, "it's likely that the mind of the poor youngest daughter of Athos and Ruby's first brood would suffer another BREAKDOWN… this time for MONTHS… because of YOU!" still Sofia shrugged, much to Jewel's disgust, and that of the other confronters, especially Rafael, Augustus, Eragon and Andromeda. Zephyr then hardened his gaze, "Now if we manage to pull through this UTTERLY devastating night and if Spinel enters that potential state, while YOU continue to enjoy your massive family, you'll look back on this night in SHAME!"
Sofia, Marcel and the other toucans with them still shrugged and sighed, much to the utter shock of the confronters, especially at their seemingly lack of guilt and large amount of indifference.
"I can't believe how indifferent you lot are in a crisis like this," hissed Augustus disgustedly, "You don't seem to care one bit at all…"
"Not to mention incredibly selfish," put in Andromeda, "always concerned for their own wellbeing and that of their KIDS and not the kids of OTHERS."
"Eviction from the Blu Bird Sanctuary, I think, should be slapped on these incredibly selfish, big-beaked brats, don't you agree?" growled Eragon to which Andromeda and Orton, who towered over the archaeobirds due to his species' size, nodded in agreement. Then Carla, Bia, Tiago, Justin, Kira, Virgil, Matilda and Finnick stepped in, their furious glares fixed on Sofia and their comrades.
"And we'd be honoured to be the evictors of this bunch of wretched big-beaked WEASELS!" growled Virgil and with that, his talon darted out and seized Sofia by the neck.
"So would I," put in Jewel as she stood back and watched Virgil grab Sofia by the neck with a talon and hoped that he would throttle her real good.
"B-b-but…" began Sofia timidly, her wings clasped onto Virgil's talon but Virgil let his temper flare up, picked Sofia up and threw her at Marcel. Marcel was struck by Sofia and knocked down.
"Do us and everyone ELSE a FAVOUR, you UNGRATEFUL, SELFISH MENACE!" screeched Virgil angrily, his wings spread out, his body crouched and his eyes blazing blue-green fire, "GET OUT of the sanctuary right NOW!"
Bia and Jewel also came in and crouched with Virgil, hisses of wrath filtering through their beaks and their hazel and teal eyes blazing with fire but before the three could leap at Sofia and her comrades, Rafael intervened.
"Stop it Jewel, Virgil and Bia," said Rafael, making the trio, especially Jewel, quell their fires of wrath and stand up. Sofia then backed away timidly from the livid Jewel, her daughter and son-in-law and also Blu and Jewel's other two first-brood offspring and their mates, and Carla, Bia and Tiago's cousin Kira and cousin-in-law Finnick, the eyes of all nine of them blazing with an inferno that was greater than the fire in the forest. Then Andromeda glared angrily and fierily at Sofia, Marcel and her comrades. Fury and extreme disbelief was making the archaeobird's body tremble, her metallic purple and green feathers bristle and tears threaten to well in her blue eyes.
"When we saw some of your chicks… after Blu, Stella, Jewel and Bia crash-landed before us with Sandalwood, Bellatrix and Connie in their clutches… turn up with those branches on fire… before our VERY EYES…" hissed the archaeobird shakily, "Eragon and I could NOT BELIEVE that those beyond-naughty chicks would get a hold of such a dangerous force… that is especially infamous in causing mass destruction if allowed to escape its confines or if misused…" Sofia just gazed at the archaeobird and her mate Eragon.
"When we archaeobirds teach OUR chicks about fire in our clan back in the Amazon," continued Eragon, "We always, always, ALWAYS teach them about the dangers of it alongside our mastering of the force and other facts, especially if it is allowed to escape its containment… and include the examples of the two fires that had occurred in the Amazon in the history of Jewel and company's tribes, clans and the other bird groups, and of course the flying foxes who also suffered from those two fires," he nodded to Augustus who nodded in agreement, "And we would NEVER allow our chicks to discover it themselves and play with it as they see fit. In fact we NEVER allow our chicks ANYWHERE near fire until they become old enough, at least late adolescents, and have gained enough sense to know how to handle it safely," Eragon then paused as Sofia and her group said nothing, "In other words, we ALWAYS instruct them to manage it safely, especially in acts such as fire-dancing, which requires PARTICULARLY special training to ensure that no-one ends up burned or the fire ends up carelessly in the wrong place where it would spread and cause destruction."
Sofia and the other toucans with her just gazed at Eragon and Andromeda, especially as the former hardened his glare, "In a coconut shell, SAFE INTRODUCTION! NEVER MIND allowing their curiosity to LEAD THEM TO discover and EXPERIMENT WITH FIRE THEMSELVES!"
Sofia flinched as Eragon shouted this into her face.
"Not to mention the fact that one of your brothers used it to almost kill a certain cockatoo family we know in their own birdhouse when YOU lot attacked Blu and company and also Tulio and his family the other night," put in Rafael, to which Andromeda and Eragon shuddered with even greater fury. The two archaeobirds could not believe that the toucan would attempt to kill those cockatoos with the exact same thing his offspring had 'discovered' that was now consuming much of the Blu Bird Sanctuary forest, during said incident. Then an idea as to how some of the toucan chicks that had got hold of the fire thought that it would be fun to play with entered the female archaeobird's head; an idea that made her stomach lurch in utter revulsion. Augustus then stepped in, an extremely ANGRY and deeply offended look lacing his face.
"AND FURTHER, have your chicks tie parrot feathers to the ends of their 'new toys' which was EXTREMELY offensive and UTTERLY INSENSITIVE since it was what the colony flying foxes used to do before they scattered after their defeat at the end of the Great War for the Sanctuary de Amazon, after they had killed an innocent bird and harvested their feathers to attach to their weapons as trophies of those kills," put in the outraged flying fox. Sofia and the other toucans just gazed at him.
"B-b-but…" began Sofia but Rafael finally snapped. He could not stand the sight of his daughter and her comrades and their indifference to the enormous damage they had caused the sanctuary and everyone else, including their own reformed siblings, such as Rita and Carlos, and their parents any longer.
"Just GET OUT OF OUR SIGHT THIS MINUTE!" he barked, "GO ON, SCRAM!"
Sofia, Marcel and the other toucans with them exchanged timid glances and scarpered, Rafael and the others glaring after them furiously. Then Blu and Jewel shot Rafael, Andromeda and Eragon a horrified look, another horrible piece of news making dread well within them.
"One of the very last golden fruithawks has been killed?" asked the Spix macaw couple. Rafael's face fell when he heard them ask this question. He had told the archaeobirds about Aurum's sacrifice and death but he realised that he hadn't told the others due to the demands of the situations.
"I'll explain what happened to Aurum," he said to Blu, Jewel and also Augustus, Orton, Zephyr, Aurora, Carla, Bia, Tiago, Justin, Kira, Virgil, Matilda and Finnick as the group cocked their ears to listen.
Elsewhere, the rest of Blu's group continued to watch over their kids as they continued to recover, but their wrath against the toucans for this whole mess, especially with the fire in the Blu Bird Sanctuary was especially blazing. There were anguish, devastation, heartbreak, trauma and severe wounding, both physically in a few but mental in quite a number of others, boiling within everyone. Diantha, Gladion and Lillie, along with the good and reformed toucans including Eva, Rita and Carlos and the good fifteen toucan offspring of Rafael and Eva, were devastated over the loss of Tom, as were everyone else including the macaws. However, worry and distress for their own kids was also boiling within these birds. Spinel and Sheldon were one such couple with it. They were outside the door to the emergency care unit where Betelgeuse, Rigel and Antares were, sobbing and wailing in anguish over their daughters and son, two of them who were on a ventilator. Poinsettia and Wilbur
kept the couple locked in a tight hug and also wept while Antares and his sisters' biological and half-scarlet cousins, Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine and Thymine sobbed in the wings of Zebedee, Iris, Victor, Indigo, Violet, Phoebe, Cobalto, Athos and Ruby, the fears for their three cousins and their lives also plaguing them and cutting them deep. It truly was a devastating time for everyone, all thanks to the irresponsible toucans who had let their kids run loose in the night leading to this whole disaster, and amongst the cyclone of negative emotions were also anger and outrage at those toucans, especially at their selfishness, their kidnapping of the kids and the near-death situations they had left them in or almost put them in, such as Marco with Aldebaran.
While the wailing of various birds continued to flood the medical room air, the humans also trying to calm down the birds, Linda especially with Athos and company, Marco and Anastasia, their feathers still damp but not waterlogged for they had managed to steal a towel and dry themselves of the soapy water after Broccoli, Daisy and Collette angrily dunked them into the window cleaner's bucket of water, looked on through the entrance fearfully, but their attention was solely on the toucan kids, including their own, and not on the wellbeing of the kids of everyone else. However, the couple was unaware that a certain couple of macaws, one of the interspecies couples, was approaching them with volcanic anger boiling within them.
"I hope Joel, Isabella and the others are alright, my love," said Marco worriedly, his eyes fixed on a certain group of bandaged toucan kids, among them Isabella, placed in a cage, "We've already lost a few dozen of them to the fire."
"This is just horrible," said Anastasia sadly, "We had no idea that the fire would cause this much damage."
Marco nodded in agreement and breathed a sad sigh. Just then, the sounds of two pairs of flapping wings emanated from behind them, followed by the sound of two pairs of talons touching down on solid concrete. Then before Marco and Anastasia could turn round, one of the talons darted out towards Marco's nape and painfully grabbed the toucan by that area. Marco yelped in pain as he was suddenly yanked backward, whirled round and slammed hard against the wall by a pair of turquoise, red and yellow wings while Anastasia let loose a shriek before a green blur rushed in and slammed her against the wall next to Marco. Then Marco found himself glaring into a pair of seething green eyes above a white and black beak but it was not Sheldon, Athos, Poinsettia or any of the other red macaws based on his features, especially the other macaw accompanying him and pinning Anastasia by the throat with a talon was a green bird with a red forehead, blue wing flight feathers, a blue and red tail, and yellow wing and tail undersides, and her eyes, coloured emerald green, were saturated with a volcanic wrath just like the scarlet macaw's.
"I hope you're PROUD OF YOURSELF, you BIG-BILLED RAVEN!" snarled Benjamin as he had Marco held hard against the wall of the building while had Anastasia by the throat next to him, "for almost DROWNING OUR SON ALDEBARAN after you have TAKEN HIM AWAY WITH THE OTHER KIDS," Marco struggled in Benjamin's wrathful grasp while Anastasia clasped Petunia's leg with her wings as the enraged great green mother of Aldebaran and Altair threatened to cut off her breathing.
"NOT TO MENTION allowing your KIDS TO PLAY WITH FIRE AND CAUSE MASS DESTRUCTION to the ENTIRE SANCTUARY!" screeched that great green macaw at the top of her voice, so loud and high-pitched that Anastasia's face screwed shut as her ears were assaulted by her screeching as she shouted but it ignited fright in the toucan and her mate.
"How DARE you traumatise Aldebaran," shouted Benjamin into Marco's face, "How DARE you attempt to drown him in that stream…"
"I-I-I was teaching your son a lesson…" began Marco timidly but Benjamin yanked him forward and slammed him hard back against the wall again, jolting his insides and painfully knocking the toucan's head against the hard surface, jolting his skull as well.
"You think it's funny to subject our son Aldebaran to a frightful and traumatic experience, do ya?" asked Benjamin sarcastically as Marco twisted his face and groaned in pain from the impact of his head against the wall, "Well, why don't you and Anastasia come with me and Petunia… and see our poor son who's now coming down with a chill and cringe at the sight of a simple cup of water... and tell us it's FUNNY!" and with that, Benjamin threw Marco onto the floor on his belly while Petunia tightened her grip on Anastasia's neck, cutting off her breathing. Then Benjamin let loose a screech and inflicted Marco with a talon swipe across the face, opening a short scratch on his cheek and making him yell in pain. Marco then shot his attacker a glare and grasped his cheek.
"I'm gonna TEAR YA FEATHERS OUT for THAT you wretched…" he shouted and with that, he stood up and prepared to leap at Benjamin but before he could pounce onto the scarlet macaw, a voice shouted, "MARCO, ANASTASIA!"
Both Marco and Benjamin, hearing this, looked up to the speaker and saw that it was Rafael and he was accompanied by Blu and Jewel, all three wearing furious faces. Petunia also saw the three newcomers and released Anastasia, dropping her to the floor where she took in some deep breaths and coughed. As the three newcomers touched down, Benjamin stepped forward to explain.
"Rafael, Blu and Jewel," he said, "Marco is responsible for traumatising Aldebaran and giving him a chill by dunking him into cold water…"
"Not to mention allowing some of their chicks to mess about with fire…" added Petunia. Then Rafael closed his eyes and put up a wing as if to say, "We've got it."
Then Marco stood up and gazed at his father and the two Spix macaws.
"Don't listen to those two," he begged the trio, "They're making it up…"
"Their son's deluded them…" put in Anastasia, hoping with her mate that this excuse would mislead Rafael, Blu and Jewel away from the facts. Sadly, the trio were too furious with Marco, Anastasia and the other toucans responsible for this whole disaster and devastation to even care. Then Rafael stormed over to Marco and Anastasia, seized both of them and yanked them past Petunia and Benjamin.
"Come with me, you two," growled the aging toco toucan with a hefty shove on Marco and his mate, "NOW!"
As Rafael left with Marco and Anastasia, Blu sand Jewel went to console Benjamin and Petunia as anguish took them over.
"Aldebaran's not the only chick who's been traumatised, you know," said Blu gently.
"I know that," cried Petunia, "And to hear what had happened to Spinel and Sheldon's chicks and that their lives might be on the line is so HEARTBREAKING!"
"AND THOSE TOUCANS ARE RESPONSIBLE for EVERYONE'S MESS!" put in Benjamin and with that, the scarlet macaw and his great green mate broke down in Blu and Jewel's wings. The Spix macaw couple, sadness consuming them, then began to comfort the two macaws.
Not too far away, Rafael began to lambast and yell at Marco and Anastasia, the volcanic anger against these two and so many of his and Eva's other offspring boiling dangerously inside him, and it was the fieriest anger he had ever harboured in his life.
"I don't CARE how your chicks have managed to acquire the fire in the first place," snarled Rafael to a flinching Marco and Anastasia, "I don't CARE about WHAT EXCUSE you try to make to escape trouble. The only thing I CARE ABOUT is WHAT DEVASTATION YOU HAVE CAUSED EVERYONE ELSE, most ESPECIALLY CARLA, BIA, TIAGO AND THE REST, especially SPINEL AND SHELDON regarding their chicks Betelgeuse, Rigel and Antares!"
Marco and Anastasia could not think of an answer to form, and kept trembling at the outrage Rafael had built up within him. Then at last, Marco looked up at his toco father.
"Aldebaran is... freaking out at a simple... cup of water?" he asked timidly.
"Why are YOU ASKING ABOUT ALDEBARAN'S newfound FEAR OF WATER WHEN YOU WERE THE ONE WHO ATTEMPTED TO DROWNED HIM in the FIRST PLACE!?" bellowed Rafael, making Marco and Anastasia flinch and tried to come up with another excuse but Rafael wasn't having any of it.
"Don't you DARE try to excuse your way out of this," shouted the aging toco toucan, "For ALL WE KNOW Aldebaran could have well developed A HORRIBLE FEAR OF WATER SO GREAT he might even REFUSE to go ANYWHERE NEAR a body of water, not even a puddle, much less a lake like the one in the Spix tribe's ravine in the Sanctuary de Amazon… because of WHAT YOU'VE PUT HIM THROUGH!"
"He-he's attacked one of my mates who was trying to deal with Zebedee…" began Marco but Rafael cut him off.
"You think THAT justifies YOUR TRAUMATISING OF THAT POOR CHICK!?" he snapped, making Marco flinch again. Then the urge to escape Rafael took hold within Marco and his mate.
"I think we'd better go," said he timidly. With that, he and Anastasia whirled round and scarpered away.
"Hey, GET BACK HERE!" shouted Rafael. When her got no answer from the two toucans as they scurried off, Rafael let loose an infuriated screech and kicked a stone, inflicting his talon with a sharp pain. However, he was too angry to even care. Boiling with anger at how a lot of his offspring had contributed to the fiery devastation of the entire Blu Bird Sanctuarty as well as the extreme agony of Blu and the others, including his own daughter Diantha regarding how Lillie and Gladion, two of the few grand-chicks that were well-behaved, had been forced to go through because of the naughty toucans, Rafael walked back in the direction of Tulio's Aviary to check on Carla, Bia, Tiago and company and the recovering kids.