"That sounds like fun. I guess you come from a pretty close-knit group. Are there a lot of you?"
"Hawks, angelics and demonics combined, we have a couple dozen family groupings, but the avian species are relatively close. We tend to nest in the same forests, and we share a council of elders."
"Wow, and I thought we came from different worlds. I don"t even know most the people in my own apartment building. I did get my neighbor"s mail once by accident and took it over, but she wasn"t home, so I left it by the door."
we"Well," he pushed a low hanging branch out of the way and helped her through the opening, "my world is your world now. If you want it."
She faltered. "And my world?"
"I look forward to seeing it with you."
"And what if I wanted to stay in my world?" Hadn"t she just this
