this is just a filler chapter
Theo and Orion share some playful banter as they walk out of the palace and head toward the stables. There they see Emmery tending to the griffin mother.
"Come on Valie someone is here to see you" Emmery said to the large female Griffin.
"Oh look at you Valie are you just so lovely after a fresh bath." Orion said to the griffin "you think you're ready for a flight?"
"Wait, flight? Who said anything about flying"
Orion looked at him confused.
"Wow how else would you expect us to get there before you become dinner instead of this lovely bread being our lunch" she said.
"I've never rode a griffin before. Or anything that flies really. I've always been the type to keep their feet firmly planted to the ground" Theo admitted
Orion looked at him and a devilish smiled appeared on her face.
Noticing her focus putting on the double saddle, Emmery nudged Theo
"that face, be careful of that face. That's her plotting face." He whispered "if she's plotting nothing good will come of it" before he could say anything else Orion turned to them both and said "alright mister virgin flyer let's take you out for your first flight!" Theo could feel the trickery in her voice.
"You've got something up your sleeve don't you?" Theo masked.
She pointed to her sleeves,"even if i did, I don't think my sleeves have the room for it"
Emmery laughed "good luck man" tapping Theo on his back.
"Hey, you turd what do you mean by that?" Orion yelled to him. He just waved bye to her and continued walking to where Priscilla was throwing a fit because she wasn't able to go with.
Orion walks over to the side of Valie, pulls up her dress enough she can get her feet in the hooks and hoists herself up.
Theo impressed she could climb and mount such a massive beast in a dress.
Theo could see her legs now as the dress was pulled up over her knees. Gulping he pulls himself up.
"You're not scared are you" she asks.
"I would say scared, but I'm trusting you to get us there safely, food and body parts intact." He answered.