[Gallagher]

No sooner had his forefeet touched the ground that he arched in a great bow, his long tail curling above his back. He straightened and shook, wings stretching, fluttering, and folding before his eyes found the human-male once again.

It was larger from down here, far larger than the human-young had been. That shouldn't have been a surprise, but his memory was filled with more treetops than humantops. Or humanknees, as the case may be.

"You have meat?" he asked it, his teeth clicking with the last sound.