❰ the accoutrements become easier to notice the more the owls shuffle around, fluffiness obscuring some details. as they come into focus, her movements still, face confused momentarily. perhaps still an owl but...an owl watcher? a guardian of the owls? ❱

Are you here to shepherd them home? ❰ it feels ironic, considering they're much more calm, thus far, compared to the hellion of an owl that was tearing through her apartment...but some bodyguards are the strong and silent type. jiang yanli retracts her hand to rest her chin upon it, thinking back to the messy scenes she'd had to take care of while owlsitting. ❱ I hope you know that they can be quite a handful. But perhaps your job is to protect them from those beasts...which, in any case, would make you quite a strong, to be able to do so—

❰ her eyes scan the crowd of owlets, peering through any gaps in their huddles to see if another of their kind can be perceived. hmm. ❱ — on your own?