The dove cooed softly at Mob's touch and eyed Teru. "What's an underling? Like...a hatchling? Your baby?"
"N-no. It's just someone I know."
"Oh, I see..." The dove deflated. "She's very old now...if you were related to her, I could ask you as her relative...you see, that woman brought a man here one day. I could tell by their auras that they were full of love for each other. They got old and bent together. I loved seeing them together. I loved their energy and their good thoughts. Then, one day, he wasn't here anymore. The woman was as kind as ever and I was happy, but she wasn't happy, and I couldn't do anything for her."
The dove suddenly flew up to perch on Tome's head. Tome didn't flinch as it did, broken out of her funk to listen to its story.
"It's a little hard to explain to humans, but every living thing has energy that flows and focuses in different parts of the body. The woman had a lot of warmth and kindness that radiated out of her, but there was a lot in the...umm..." The dove flew down to Tome's hand and gently prodded her ring finger. "From the shiny thing that she wore here!"
Tome blinked. "Her wedding ring?"
"It was shiny! It made me happy that such a kind human liked shiny things just like me. But...one day, it vanished. After a big storm, a lot of things went missing, but that shiny thing was the most important...after that, I stopped seeing the woman."
Teru frowned. "So, is she still...?"
"I can still feel her energy! She's still alive! And I need to find that shiny thing for her! I've dedicated every day to finding it! I even possessed big smelly animals who could dig through the ground better than me, but...I used up so much energy and now I can't even possess anything but my own kind."
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"N-no. It's just someone I know."
"Oh, I see..." The dove deflated. "She's very old now...if you were related to her, I could ask you as her relative...you see, that woman brought a man here one day. I could tell by their auras that they were full of love for each other. They got old and bent together. I loved seeing them together. I loved their energy and their good thoughts. Then, one day, he wasn't here anymore. The woman was as kind as ever and I was happy, but she wasn't happy, and I couldn't do anything for her."
The dove suddenly flew up to perch on Tome's head. Tome didn't flinch as it did, broken out of her funk to listen to its story.
"It's a little hard to explain to humans, but every living thing has energy that flows and focuses in different parts of the body. The woman had a lot of warmth and kindness that radiated out of her, but there was a lot in the...umm..." The dove flew down to Tome's hand and gently prodded her ring finger. "From the shiny thing that she wore here!"
Tome blinked. "Her wedding ring?"
"It was shiny! It made me happy that such a kind human liked shiny things just like me. But...one day, it vanished. After a big storm, a lot of things went missing, but that shiny thing was the most important...after that, I stopped seeing the woman."
Teru frowned. "So, is she still...?"
"I can still feel her energy! She's still alive! And I need to find that shiny thing for her! I've dedicated every day to finding it! I even possessed big smelly animals who could dig through the ground better than me, but...I used up so much energy and now I can't even possess anything but my own kind."