strange - open; large turkey

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NOTHING BESIDE REMAINS — The male had never really encountered turkeys before, outside of seeing pictures of them within books. The large mostly flightless birds hadn't exactly been plentiful around Aurum's old pride, and they hadn't really seemed all that more plentiful around Tanglewood. Occasionally he had seen one or two turkeys near the farm, but he had never really been able to get close to them. They were often intimidated by his large size, and ended up flapping their wings so that they could hop and soar away as quickly as they could manage. It had been frustrating the first one or two times, when the lion had just been trying to observe them, but he had honestly grown used to it. Of course, he never would've expected that Elsweyr would be able to lure some turkeys into camp, considering the other was also a big cat like himself. Considerably smaller, but that didn't make her any less intimidating, especially to mostly defenseless creatures like turkeys. It was because of this that he couldn't help letting out a slightly impressed chuff as Elsweyr ended up strolling into town, the pair of turkeys trailing after her.

The approach of Sevcon caused Aurum to stiffen, but the angel managed to keep his mouth closed, at least for the moment. After all, the other wasn't saying anything insulting, and as much as the lion would've loved to rip every Wanderer limb from limb, he knew that would just end up causing problems. That didn't prevent him from shooting a harsh glare Sevcon's way as he padded over, however. Once he had come to sit nearby, Aurum let his one eyed gaze drift from Sevcon to Elsweyr, along with the prey that she had managed to lure in with her strange sounds. The turkeys seemed vaguely unsettled by his presence, but he made sure to lean back, not wanting to scare the cheetah's hard work away. It was because of this that he spoke more softly than usual, his head tilting to one side, "I'm surprised that you managed to get them to follow you. Whenever I've seen turkeys, they've always ended up running away from me. Not that I can really blame them, considering big cats are frequent predators of them..." His intention in those moments had never been to eat them, though. He had always just wanted to see and interact with them, since they seemed so strange to him.

Shaking off that old childish wonder – mainly because he was feeling rather embarrassed, the winged lion then added on, "It's pretty good timing for you to bring them, too. I remember reading about a human holiday around this time that involved eating turkey as the main protein." He didn't know much about Thanksgiving aside from what he had read, but humans really did seem to have some strange holidays. Most of them seemed to just be excuses to eat a great deal of food, though. — OF THE MAN WHO WAS BORN AND DIED A KING.