Flashback One day

[Atri]

Atri was having a good time with the bird, though it wasn't something he had imagined doing much of, especially not today. He found himself laughing and smiling as the bird imitated his movements, though he couldn't quite move his neck like the eagles. When the bird 'spoke' to him, he was a little startled, he hadn't prepared himself for it, and wasn't expecting the bird to talk to him at all. Trying to keep his calm and funny demeanor, he just smiled and laughed at the comment the eagle made. For the most part of this, Atri was observing the bird. How large it was, the color of it's feathers, everything. He was so consumed with his thoughts, that it startled him a bit when the bird started moving towards him. Funny? Atri thought to himself. What could he do that a bird would think was funny. Of course it was now though that all of the jokes promptly flooded out of his head. Most of the time, Atri had a snarky comeback for most comebacks, or a good joke to lighten the mood, but now that this giant bird was staring him down, it seemed that his funny bone had jumped right out of his body. Sure enough, after a few moments, he thought of something, and wouldn't let go of it. "Well, I can't really think of any jokes, but you've just about made me soil my plants!" Atri laughed at himself for a moment, and then immediately realized how lame his joke was, and rubbed the back of his neck nervously, waiting for the birds response.

[Harrier]

The eagle was far from amused at the poop joke, his serious feature seeming to grow even more serious as he shuffled his wings and turned his head in another direction, peering at something away from the young man. He spoke into his mind again.

~That wasn't funny at all. What kind of lame joke was that?~ He turned back to the man, seeming to scowl with his mind. ~Why would you think I want to hear about you soiling yourself? That's disgusting, boy. Get out of here before I have half a mind to throw you off the mountain. Go on...GET!~ The eagle lunged at him, screeching as he did so, trying to intimidate the red head out of the courtyard.

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[Atri]

It was immediately apparent to Atri that the bird didn't like the joke one bit, and he felt that he was in trouble. When the bird began talking to him again, the feeling intensified, and though he knew he should probably be afraid of being mauled to death by a giant eagle, he felt more concerned with how offended he was that the eagle didn't like the joke! When the eagle told him to leave and lunged, Atri took a few quick steps back, but he somehow found that his determination to be funny to the bird overtook the fear of being killed, however silly that was. "Hey, I know it wasn't the best one in my arsenal, but you can't say that I am unfunny! You can't argue with that. You should never argue with an idiot, because they will drag you down and beat you with their experience!" Atri began laughing hysterically at his own joke, not waiting for the bird to react. Even if he wasn't making the bird laugh, he would die making himself laugh!