Iago meeting Jafar ( from his side ) p2
Iago did not get very far. He was actually surprised that he managed to fly out the window. As soon as he got past it he suddenly dropped like a rock and layed on the side of the bazar.
As Iago layed there next to a pile of junk his brief life flashed before his eyes. "Pathetic" he muttered weakly as he sat up.
"Very…."
Iago looked up and saw Jafar peering down at him with those black eyes. "Great i've been caught. I'm dead. " he prattled on shaking his head. Jafar knealed and reached his bony hand out , Iago waited for him to strangle him.
Instead Jafar picked him up and then started chuckling darkly. "Calllllmmmm yourrrselff ,Iago." He purred as he placed the bird on his shoulder. "I still have time to plan your painful death. " he teased.
Iago stared at him and then tried to perch on his shoulder. He kept falling off , soon Jafar got frustrated and bought him a cage. Iago hated that Cage so he worked extra hard just to stay put on that bony man's shoulder. Soon as Jafar became Grand Vizier his outfit came with perch like shoulder pads. Iago would never tell him but he was very grateful.
When Jafar told this story he always exaggerated Iago's condition, When he told it Iago was this pathetic starving bird who could barely lift his head. Jafar out of the kindness of his heart had saved him from a early death then nursed him back to health. That was the way Jafar had told it to the young princess back when she didn't seem hate everyone. It was horrible because Iago was perched right there and forced to listen to it. As soon as they were out of ear reach Iago started cussing up a storm and talked Jafar's ear off until he zapped him with a no talking spell.
Iago would be a liar if he said that that story was not partially true. But he'd be damned if he was going to let anyone know that he had a tragic back story. People didn't care about birds, they weren't like people. Their lives never mattered. If He showed a single bit of a weakness they would turn on him like a snap of their fingers.
As annoying as Jafar's witty sarcasm was he was , the man did save him in a way. After that whole business with the street rat had passed and his anger subsided he had remembered and felt like a louse. He tried not to be as annoying. It didn't really work out but hey he'd Stuck in a cramped lamp with a guy really seemed to draw all the flaws to light. Jafar had been insufferable and spent most of the time blaming it all on Iago.
Making the decision to say they were through as 'pals' was not that hard , Iago was too busy being mad to think it over..Later on when he was alone in the palace he had been nagged by how ungrateful he was. That was a major factor in his betrayal of Aladdin and Jasmine.
He never was able to fully trust anyone but with Jafar he'd come closest to almost total trust. But he never felt entirely comfortable with the man. Only when he saw what a amazing guy Aladdin was did he feel like a complete moron for putting any trust on Jafar.
Knowing that Aladdin was a street rat too made Iago start to wish he could go back and make sure Aladdin was the one who saved him. Except that he and Jafar did have some good times. Iago just refused to admit it.