open [★] POW POW

✯ — female. betta of the typhoon. blind. rusty spotted cat.  ref. bio.

Perhaps it was a bribe to keep her within the camp's boundaries, or perhaps it really was a decent present... Keona was not sure what to make of it exactly.  Her father and uncle told her it was a parrot.  Parrots are a kind of bird. But birds were not... Squishy like this, or she did not think so at least, nor did the texture feel like feathers.  It was a different kind of softness.

For over five minutes, the usually hyperactive betta just sat, pawing hesitantly at the foreign plush object, pushing and nudging it around with her nose.  A toy, she was told, but... Were toys supposed to be larger than her? Based off the so-far truth that most everything was often more than twice her size, the rusty spotted kitten was not entirely shocked.  Once the initial perplexation wore off, Keona, still rather tentatively, hit the soft bird a little harder, with her claws carefully sheathed.

Honestly, she did not want to ruin something her father and uncle found for her but... Tail flicking excitedly behind her, the betta dropped to a crouch, each blow on the motionless toy more confident than the last.  Finally, Keona properly pounced on the bird, finding herself quiet content to just lay on the plush, sightless sea-green eyes gleaming brightly.

Maybe she should give it a name... Plush animals needed names, right?

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