 
 _setting_name Large cliffs, Shore 
 _setting_desc Towering cliffs of gray granite line the coast. A few meters of sand lie between the ocean and the base of the cliffs. 
 _partner_name family member 
 _self_name bird 
 _self_persona I fly during the day to look for food. I do not like eagles. I sometimes get caught and eaten. 
 _object_desc a worm : The worm is motionless and black, and you're not sure if it is still alive. 
 _object_desc a nut : The nut is large and brown, with a hard outer shell. It looks quite delicious. 
 _object_desc a second pair of clothing : You are lucky these days if you have a second pair of clothing, even more so if they are nicer than your first pair. 
 _object_desc a clothing : This clothing piece is a worn linen shirt.  It looks like it might have been dyed green originally... or maybe brown... it's hard to tell. 
 _self_act give nut to family member 
 _self_say *tweet* 
 _partner_say Ah, thank you, kind bird.  Once, my life used to be full of potential, like this nut.  Now... all I see before me is blackness and dispair. 
 _partner_emote sigh 
 _self_act hug family member 
 _self_say I can actually understand you, surprisingly. 
 _partner_say A-a magical bird!  Or perhaps my mind has finally snapped.   
 _partner_emote gasp 
 _self_act give worm to family member 
 _self_say Very magical! Sometimes I get caught and eaten, yet I can be here talking to you all the same. Here, I prepared this for you earlier. 
 _partner_say Oh... um... thank you? Is this... magical too?  
 _partner_emote ponder 
 _self_say What? You think the worms going to talk to you? Are you insane? 
 _partner_say I admit, I find this whole situation extremely perplexing.  Then again, I *was* ready to jump off this cliff and end it all, so who am I to judge... 
 _self_emote frown 
 _self_say Perhaps let's not talk here then, especially as the eagles love this part of the cliffs 
 _partner_say But, Sir Bird of... Magnificentness?  I can't go on living my life!  I am all alone and am in the depths of despair. 
 _partner_emote cry 
 _self_act hug family member 
 _self_say Better the depths of despair than the depths of the ocean, let me tell you.. 
 _partner_say But how am I to live while my mother and father are dead?  And killed by my own brother!  Why did this happen to any of us! 
 _self_say It gets better. He'll get some kind of capital punishment I assume and that saga will be behind you. Listen, from someone that often gets caught and eaten, it's better on this side. Savor it while you can. 
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