Diaglo woke up to the smell of fresh fruit slices laid on a leaf outside his room. He groaned slightly and raised his head, the leafy bandages still clung to his back and around his belly and waist like a vest - Vivian and Orton helped change it with fresh leaves and herbal ointment. It still felt uncomfortable, but as long as his wings remain intact, Diaglo's fine. He imagined a large criss cross of scars on his back after that lightning struck him. He hoped it'll have healed if and when he manages to get back home...

"Morning Diaglo!" A cheery voice sounded and Diaglo was greeted by Vivian who peeped with her head in his room, apparently having taken a room just above his. She leapt down from her hole and Diaglo smiled as he got out. "Hey," He picked up the leaf or fruit slices and put them in the center of the hollow, wanting to share it. "Have you eaten breakfast yet? We can share!"

Vivian blushed slightly at how eager Diaglo had offered and shook her head. "No thanks! I've already eaten, way ahead of you!" She said shyly to which Diaglo tilted his head and shrugged. He picked out a piece of mango and swallowed it, though he left the fruit leaf open if Vivian ever wanted a piece. The lapis blue bird watched on in content through her violent glasses. She nestled on the floor in a comfortable sitting position, gazing at the fruit. "You know? I used to hear my mother say this to birds back when I was a chick - An apple a day keeps the healer away. It was strange, Varian seemed to get it but I didn't, I never understood,"

She scoffed amusedly and Diaglo looked up with curious eyes. "Because I had no idea what an apple is, I literally went around flying and asking everybird what an apple is. Eventually when mom told me that it was a fruit, it became way weirder; I went around, asking everybird I see if they've ever seen an apple before and they all laugh at me like I was crazy! Like, 'Don't be ridiculous Vivian! There's no such thing as apples!' and all that!"

She was laughing joyously at the old memory, she wrapped her wings around her belly and she nearly fell to her back in laughter. It was contagious, even Diaglo felt like laughing just hearing it from Vivian. "But apples are real! They're just not found in the Amazon rainforest that's all," Diaglo took another slice of fruit. "But you can get them in packs from those places called supermarkets! There's a few in Rio where you can buy apples or any other fruit that's uncommon in Brazil!"

Vivian's beak was open in a slight gape. "Wait. Did you say Rio? As in, Rio de Janeiro? You've been there?!" Her voice pitch had risen with excitement. She's heard of the place from the adults and it got her really fascinated, particularly because of the seaside. "But that's so far away! How did you get to go there?"

At this, Diaglo flinched with surprise, and then he remembered. Of course - Vivian was a local Amazonian. Most of them wouldn't fly overseas unless they know places. "Well, I got to know Rio because mom and dad met each other there. It was also the place where I first hatched, and my brother and sisters hatched there too,"

He felt a twinge of sadness creep up his heart and he looked down at his fruit pile. When Vivian looked on with concern and curiosity to know Diaglo's family, the young male understood what she was hinting for. "My dad's a former companion. His name is Blu, and Jewel is my mom. Carla and Bia are my sisters, and Tiago my brother." He let out a loose chuckle. "If you ask, we're kind of a weird family. A kind you wouldn't see everyday - Carla's a fantastic singer who always uses the phone for musically and karaoke if she's not using her iPod and Bia and I go way back; We are pretty much considered the brainiest chicks of my parents and oh, do not get me started on my brother Tiago. Don't take it wrongly, I love my big brother. But he's a prankster.. Beware of him."

Diaglo had shuddered while Vivian was smiling warmly in amazement. "Your family sounds amazing! And your parents! It's a wonder they managed to get along good," Said the female bespectacled macaw happily.

Diaglo just shrugged slightly and sighed. "Well they were thought to be the last two spix macaws left on earth when they were first taken to Rio. Their first meeting was crazy.. You can guess what happened," Vivian's beak mouthed an 'oh' as she got an idea that made her flinch. She had heard of macaws being companions to humans and they are most commonly known as pets. But being a sensible bird, she knew the word 'pet' sounded like an insult so companion was the most polite term.

"Well.. I guess this really confirms that not all wild-to-companion birds get along at first sight," When Diaglo gave her a confused look, Vivian had quickly added. "My parents are actually a wild-to-companion couple too. Though I'm not sure if my mom's ever had a human companion, it's quite likely because she also wore these," She used her talon to point to her eyeglasses. "And she knew so much about the world outside of Brazil and! She has those human stuff growing up," She pointed to the biggest room in the tree, one that used to be occupied by two adult macaws.

Craning his head a little, Diaglo could make out some pencils, papers and even a drawing compass inside that room. It almost looked like a hollow taken by Bia and her boyfriend. "That's your mom and dad's room.. " Diaglo suddenly felt sad remembering that something must have happened which made Vivian all alone. He looked at her with pity, but Vivian had sighed and took his wing. "It's okay, I've moved on at most," She quietly assured and squeezed his wing. "They may be gone, but my memories of them will never be." She then gazed at Diaglo. "If you want, I can tell you a bit about them,"

Diaglo flinched and was about to deny, but Vivian beat him to it. "You told me about yours. So it's only fair.. If I tell you about mine," She insisted, even though discomfort is gnawing at the bottom of her heart. She took a deep breath to shut that out. What reason does she have to be nervous for? All she's going to tell Diaglo are the good parts of her family; Their names, specialties and their lifestyle.

"Okay, so it was only four of us. Me, my parents and my brother…"

As Vivian talked about her background, Diaglo listened attentively while snacking on his breakfast. In the while that Vivian had talked, the bespectacled cerulean macaw got to know more about her past life with her family. She was in a family of four, having lived with her parents, Vicente and Valeria, and a teenage older brother named Varian. Because she had been quite young when her parents' lives were cut short by unknown fates, Vivian hardly knew their stories in full depth. Varian could've told her more, but unfortunately Vivian had been too young to listen back when he was still alive.

Therefore, Vivian had grown up only knowing their names, and the facts that they originated from two different tribes - Vicente being a borne wild macaw living in the wild and Valeria had grown up in a domesticated family of spixes which made Diaglo wonder if they might have come from Eduardo and Abigail's tribes considering there were only two tribes of spix macaws in the Amazon Rainforest.

Varian on the other hand, was a more familiar figure to Vivian and she had much more to tell about him. He was young, a teenager as old as Diaglo and Vivian were right now in the days when he was looking after his baby sister. Similar to Vivian, he was a shy yet kindly teenager who's devoted himself to his sister and the responsibilities of looking after themselves when Vicente and Valeria were no longer with them.

The older brother had been fond of chemestrical science; Vivian had commented about the various juice mixtures Varian would try to concoct in his spare time and Vivian used to be one of his taste-tester birds who get to try his inventions before he could share those with the flock.

"I think Bia would so love to get to know your brother. He sounds amazing." Diaglo chuckled, to which Vivian smiled sadly. 'He is'. Her eyes seemed to say and she sighed wearily. She felt a pair of wings wrap around her and she realized that Diaglo is pulling her in a hug of consoling.

"You're really brave.. Thanks for telling me about your family."

Diaglo said quietly yet it was sincere. Vivian was unsure at first, but then she felt comforted and curled up against Diaglo with a smile. It had been too long since she's last had physical contact like this with another spix macaw. She liked it, and she continued to rest against Diaglo as she thought of the good things about her family.