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[RHINESTONE.]

RHINESTONESTAR ❝ RHINE ❞ LEGATE
"TALKING" || "TELEPATHY"

Rhinestone had to admit that it was a bit... concerning, to see Onyxkit crunching away on an egg. It wasn't as if the legate hadn't known that snakes occasionally ate eggs, and considering Onyx's hybrid nature, it shouldn't have been so strange to see his daughter eating bird eggs. However, considering the fact that she had come from an egg herself... he had to wonder what had gone through her mind. Did she realize that other creatures came from eggs as well, and that tiny birds had once been destined to emerge from those eggs? Or did she simply think that all eggs were like hers, and if they weren't as large as her egg had been, nothing was growing inside? He wasn't sure, but these questions plagued Rhine's mind as he caught sight of her from afar, wondering how she was eating them as well. Didn't the shells hurt her mouth? He had never tried eating an egg whole, admittedly, but he had to imagine that the shell broke apart into shards. Wouldn't that end up tearing into one's mouth, causing cuts and welling up blood? Or maybe her hybrid nature made it so that she didn't need to worry about that. Perhaps her teeth were so sharp or her mouth was so protected that she had no reason to feel any anxiety – it certainly didn't seem as though she was in pain at the moment.

Finally deciding to make his way over, Rhinestone got to his feet and took several long strides over to where Onyxkiy was sitting, his dark gaze lingering on the eggs still sitting in front of her. He hesitated for a moment before he spoke, his head tilting to one side, "Onyx...? Where did you find these eggs? Birds don't usually just leave them laying around..." Well, technically they did, but they usually left the eggs nestled safely up in nests, where no predators would be able to reach them without a bit of work. Of course, the larger feline would be rather startled by the thought of his daughter climbing her way up and into a tree all on her own. For one thing, he didn't really want her straying very far from camp, where she could potentially be harmed by lingering threats. For another thing, he didn't really think she was ready yet to try any sort of hunting. She still had plenty of time to just relax and be the kid that she was, and to think about her climbing all the way up into the high branches of a tree... it was concerning. Sure, she had her wings, but Rhinestone had yet to see her actually fly with them, and if there was even a chance that her wings wouldn't help her, and she'd end up collapsing... well, needless to say, the thought caused Rhine's stomach to twist up in knots.

tags + roleplayed by stilly + the palm glades