we're not the baddies! // AE visitors

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Wuyi squatted near the edge of the swampy water’s edge, dabbing a paw in and out of the murkiness. Despite the shade from the large cottonwood’s shade, the sabertooth cub never noticed the autumn chill. In fact, xe had far too much energy to know what to do with. The constant scampering from the riverbed to Bai Shi kept his body warm, and the child adored slinging mud around.

Xe’d even tried painting muddy pictures onto the cottonwood’s bark! That turned out terribly, just a weird stain, really.

After a bit of playing on Tanglewood’s border, Wuyi finally burned off his childish energy and remembered what the hell xe and Bai Shi came here for. Only then did the kid feel sheepish about wasting time, but Bai Shi’s patient aura pushed those thoughts from xyr mind. It was hard to feel in a rush when xyr leader and “personal escort” (babysitter) never rushed.

Wuyi squared xemself up to the border, flaring xyr wings on xyr back. The white feathers ruffled, and he puffed xyr chest up with the largest inhale he could possibly take. “HELLO, TANGLEWOODS?” xe shouted.

Xe huffed. Shouting was hard work! Wuyi shook xyr head, glanced back at Bai Shi for reassurance, and looked back at the Tanglewoods’ border. “Hello, Tanglewoods! We’re from Alithís Evgenis, and we’d like to talk to your leader! Please? We’re nice, I promise! Bai Shi’s our leader, too, and they’re very nice! They’d give you orange candies, if I hadn’t eaten all of ‘em already!”