the animorphs

[instar]

Renée is gone in the morning, a pot of maple oatmeal for the girls and Trouble cooling on the stove and a note on the fridge, she's going to be gone all day on a day trip to Tucson with her friends.

Andi wakes up first. Bella's not far behind.

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[hold_infinity]

Babs answers them, with occasional informed interjections by Robin. Together they represent a veritable fountain of pigeon knowledge.

[pandion]

Andi learns so many things about pigeons! She didn't know that there were this many things to know about pigeons.

[instar]

Bella writes down some pigeon information.

[palmofyourhand]

Babs offers them all some more cookies. And tea.

Ethan engages her in conversation about the tea.

[instar]

And eventually:

"These cookies are great, but I think I need something more substantial - like lunch. Who else wants lunch?"

[aeskhyne]

"Sounds good to me," says Trouble. "I know this great place, I bet we can get there from here."

[palmofyourhand]

"You are a neverending fountain of restaurant recommendations," says Ethan. "All right, I'm for it."

[hold_infinity]

"Thanks for everything, Babs!"

Robin gives the old lady a hug, which she returns.

[instar]

Aww.

"So where's lunch?"

[aeskhyne]

"Lunch," says Trouble, "is this way."

He leads them to a tiny decrepit-looking place that serves absolutely delicious food.

[instar]

"How do you find these places?" Bella asks, after inhaling the first half of her sandwich.

[aeskhyne]

"I just kind of wander around looking for them," he laughs. "There's not much to it. You just have to be willing to give 'em a chance."

[instar]

"I approve the results of your search algorithm."

Om nom nom.

[palmofyourhand]

"Me too," says Ethan.

[hold_infinity]

"Me three," says Robin.

[instar]

Lunch, being so delicious, goes pretty quick. And then home.

Bella locks the door, makes sure all the curtains are still in place over all the windows, and says, "All right, who wants to practice being pigeons?"

[pandion]

"Can't I do it tomorrow?"

[instar]

"Too tired to see if you can manage 'angel' the same way you can manage 'fairy'?"

[pandion]

"I morphed the butterfly so many times. I guess I can do the pigeon once but I don't want to work on anything fancy, okay?"

[instar]

"Yeah. That can be it for today."

[hold_infinity]

"I want to practice being a pigeon!" says Robin cheerfully.

[aeskhyne]

"Count me in," Trouble agrees.

[palmofyourhand]

"Why not," says Ethan.

[instar]

Bella and Andi are already in snug clothes and have learned to morph them. The others are not. "Do you three want some amount of privacy? We can include clothes but it takes a little practice."

[palmofyourhand]

"Privacy would be appreciated. By me, if not by these two."