A gift

"Yaaaawaaa."

Aru opened his mouth wide and yawned. The sleepless night had exhausted him.

Still, he mustered his willpower to push through it.

'After it's done, I can sleep.' He thought and walked towards the blizzardwing.

Aru had agreed to help them bury the demon carcasses. So, he was going to do it now.

Sleep? He can sleep another time, he thought.

"Fluffy come here." He called out to the blizzardwing.

Fluffywings was the name Aru had given to the blizzardwing. He shortened it to fluffy and called it to come towards him.

The beast quickly turned towards him once it noticed his voice. 

"Kyaaa." It immediately cried out in protest and shook its head.

However, contrary to the emotions it showed, the bird began to walk towards him instinctively.

Did it have Stockholm syndrome? The psychological response of captives when they begin to closely identify with the goals of their captors!