”Well, I think the only reasonable thing to do would be to go out and leave this platform, explore the forest. Together. Staying together. I'm certain our purpose here is not to just sit and wait to get eaten by birds.” He looked meaningfully at the very large bird soaring overhead. Of course, regular sized birds tended to be dangerous for him as well.
”Yeah, we should. Maybe there’s some kind of thing around here that likes taking singular, individualized children with them.” Sort of like a grizzly bear. But not.
”Do you need any help?” Kyle asked, scampering over to where the salamander was. Rylie followed like a fluffy brown thunderhead, sniffing the amphibian.
If it was scientifically possible, Ciro's eyes would've lit up and attained an entirely different color. As it was, they were still luminous. He gazed down at his healed hand, which was shiny with a youthful bloom. "Gracias, gracias, thank you," he gushed, taking Chicken Man's nearest hand and shaking it with vigor.
Ciro watched the woman with the wild ginger hair pass out and be tended to in a flurry of concern. Making sure to stay on the sidelines, he got up and rocked on his feet in place. That is, rocked on one shoed foot and one shoeless foot. Nice. "Is there anything I can do?" he offered quietly while Chicken Man worked on the unconscious woman, then his jaw actually did drop as he witnessed the patient become an amphibian right before their eyes. "Oh, she can cambio de forma." He shook out his hair. "I mean, shapeshift... right?" Then his brow arched. "Wait." He ran his gaze around the individuals nearest to him. "Do all of how have, uh, abilities?"
“I do” Ellie put in raising her finger. “Me too” Aria appeared right in front of him. Eve let out a deep breath, her equivalent of a sigh. She started to scribble on her piece of paper.
Colby's ears perked as another familiar voice reached his ears. Departing from the group of originals, he gleefully ran toward the boy genius, his muzzle parted in a laughing smile. "Fred!"
