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Owen led the way over to the paddock and then stood of to the side to let his girls get a good look at their special intern. Kavita approached more slowly, taking her time, her eyes on the raptors inside the paddock.
Blue came up first, body facing parallel to the paddock walls so her full eye was visible and that there was no doubt that she watching Kavita very carefully. The tilt of her head emphasized that fact and she kept up the gaze unerringly as Kavita approached.
Kavita for her part focused on Blue as she got closer and then finally stopped just where Owen had and looked Blue straight in the eyes. The two of them locked eyes for a long moment and Owen could feel the laser focus Blue had on the young woman. He, for his part, was a little surprised because it was in his experience that most people didn't like to look his girls dead in the eye.
He'd been told that it was both unnerving and frightening. Prey aren't meant to look into the eyes of their predators, they're meant to duck their heads down and try to escape notice. So to see Kavita do it so easily had him both impressed and worried.
He remembered Blue's speculation about whether or not Kavita was a preternatural, but his insight from Blue's mind told him that Blue wasn't feeling anyone reaching out to him and Kavita certainly didn't seem overwhelmed in any way. She also didn't give any clue that she was sensing the minds of his girls either.
All these thought flew through his mind for the long moment that occurred before Kavita broke eye contact and said to Blue:
"Well, hello. Nice to meet you."
Blue pleased about putting the human girl in her place but alternatively bothered by something, darted her head forward and let out a harsh breath.
Kavita jerked backwards, rocking back on her heels but just as quickly her hips rocked forward causing the rest of her upper body to roll forward again, leaving her standing straight up and not giving any ground. The motion was as graceful as an ocean swell rolling in to shore and Owen took note of it.
At any rate, once she had caught her balance, she grinned at Blue and said good-naturedly, "I see you're pleased to meet to meet me too, bitch."
Evidently Blue's scare tactics hadn't gone unnoticed.
Still Owen frowned at her and she gave a little wince and said in a conciliatory tone, "Sorry. She's just totally a diva though."
"She," said Owen, "is a dangerous wild animal. You have to be careful and observe what's really happening and not just what you think you see. Her name is Blue and she's the beta of the pack."
Kavita nodded in acknowledgement of his reprimand and leaned back and took a good look at Blue. "I think she's a good one," she said slowly and then her eyes crinkled and she mumbled under her breath, "Totally explains the diva."
Owen gave a mental sigh and elected to ignore it because, well, it was kind of true. He could hear Dan agreeing. Besides if he worried about every single thing he might give himself high blood pressure. Two weeks, he repeated to himself, two weeks and then she's gone.
"That one," he said pointing to Charlie, "is Charlie." He then pointed to Delta and Echo and said, "Delta, Echo."
Delta came up slyly to the fences and gave a loud chuff that had startled interns before but Kavita didn't jump this time.
"Nice to meet you ladies," she called out.
Echo gave a sort of warble and moseyed up to the fence and gave her a once over, Charlie joining her.
Owen let them get a good look at her. In any other situation Owen was sure that the girls might have been more pleased with this intruder than they were but for some reason they were all edgy. There was something off about Kavita and it made them all wary.
He cursed himself for agreeing to this.
Owen focused on her, trying to sort out the confusing mass of instincts that Blue was sending him along their bond in the event that he could figure it out faster than they.
In the mean time though, he took her over to the stables, showed her how to opened and close the gates, made her repeat the rule for the stables and then took her up to the catwalks. He cautioned her about leaning over the railings and then pointed back out which raptor was which at her request so that she could tell them apart.
She knew Blue of course, but could not quite get the others right, and the bird's eye view helped to establish their difference more firmly. Owen was pleased with this because it showed some manner of care towards the animals.
When they were done, Owen got his clicker and bucket of rats and went though the training theory with her. Luckily, she had actually seemed to have gone through some courses on animal behaviour and the theory was familiar to her.
Blue and the others, seeing the bucket and clicker gathered below them, ready for their training session, occasionally snapping at one another and gazing up at the new figure that had intruded into their lives.
"Alright," said Owen when he was ready to being their training session, "Remember about what I said about energy and projecting yourself?"
She nodded.
"Keep that in mind and watch carefully. If you try this without the right approach, you are not going to get good results. The pack has to respect the person who is giving them orders and that person has to respect them. It's all about respect. A very mutual respect. Do not for a second, forget what these animals are and what they are capable off, despite what you see. They are very real and they have real responses."
Kavita nodded again, her face a study of concentration and anticipation. "Got it," she said.
"Good," he said and lifted up his hand, clicking the clicker. "Eyes on me!"
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