something fowl is afoot

Maki wasn't afraid. Like he said, he was family and they'd never done wrong by her. She trusted him with her whole little heart, and it beat for moments like this, when she could like at the world with wide-eyed wonder. His story telling idea sounded amazing to her, she near vibrated with anticipation, Chi was full of so many good ideas! Smart and clever and big and kind and- she loved him a lot! What else was there to say? She listened with perked ears, mismatched eyes watching his mouth as he formed the words, the image forming so clearly in her mind. Adults were always so good at this, Maki sometimes prattled too much when telling her stories, too much fluff and build up.

"And then-" And then what? Uhh. Hmmm. "And then one day she got mad! Real mad cause the monster bought her lizard and everyone knows lizard ain't nice eatin'" Or at least that was what Daddy had said once. "So she told the monster, it wasn't very nice to feed her food she didn't like. Harrumph!" She put on a grand show of being annoyed, rose to her paws and stomped about like she was throwing a tantrum.