beware of birds

永程

"Kids, huh?" Yong Cheng shook his head, accompanied by a slow blink. He turned away from Zee, motioning her to look at some of the plants in his garden. The ones that he and Sirius and picked had rooted firmly into the soil; with one paw, he patted the soil around them, gesturing at the herbs. In the time that he'd been bunking with the Warlord and his wife, Yong Cheng had felt once more like a small boy sleeping next to his mother. He wondered if the pups would be something like his siblings. Wishful thinking. The boy shrugged. "Look at 'em."

He grasped the plants between his teeth, lightly, and tugged. Now that they'd had time to sink their roots into the earth, and had spent some time growing, the plants had tangled themselves together underneath the soil. When Yong Cheng pulled, they didn't budge an inch. He repeated the action again, pulling harder this time, to show the queen. "Y'can try if y'want."

He stepped back to allow Zee some time if she'd liked to, but continued talking. "See, I ain't much of a teacher, but here's what I figured. Give new shoots 'n plants some time to settle in, surround 'em with a community, and take care of 'em, and --" Yong Cheng waved at his garden, "-- they don't come up easy."

Yong Cheng tried to sound comforting, though in reality, he knew he was just leaping onto the proffered subject and avoiding all other matters of conversation -- especially those regarding himself. "Just gotta keep all your fighters conscious of where the kids are, and be watchful, and no bird's gonna snatch them away. Heh, not even me." Not like he was planning to, anyway. Sirius had saved his life -- Yong Cheng owed it to him to be a good pack member.


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