08.Jun.22, 12:11 AM
"Chirp, huh? Hear that little thing? That's your name. Chirp." It was probably silly to bother trying to talk to the firelizard so soon, but Sironar made the effort anyway, trying to be some sort of encouraging focal point for both Chir and his new flitter. "My brother used to talk to the flitters all the time. He said it would help them learn how to better understand us or something. I don't know if he was just full of shit or not, but he taught Mossface to to be really good at delivering messages even though some people think greens are bad at it."
Fancy gave him a small headbutt for attention and Siro gave the flitter a fond pet to the head. "It's too early to really do any difficult training with her, but if you have an idea for what you'll want her to do you can start planting some... uh... foundations I guess." He could only imagine his dad kicking in the door, talking about how those were plantations not foundations. "Like fetching things can be useful, so when you want something, just try to think a really clear picture of it, including the desire that you want it, and then go grab it. She'll get used to seeing that happen, be used to the idea that when you want a specific thing you get it, and then you can work on getting her to get things for you. For letters I think about what I'm sending and who's going to get it. But we'll need to work on your reading and writing first for that."
He tried to think of other useful flitter tricks he'd seen people use. "Oh, uh, Zory, he's a candidate in Ista, one of K'dar and T'ryn's brothers, he taught his flitter to help find people when he gets lost. I can't take him anywhere on a hike or he'll wander off." There were more he was sure of it, but he couldn't think of any off the top of his head other than a harper he'd seen with a firelizard that helped him do magic tricks. Siro didn't think that was really relevant though so he didn't bother to bring it up. "I wonder if you could teach her hand signs. I bet it would be easy."
Fancy gave him a small headbutt for attention and Siro gave the flitter a fond pet to the head. "It's too early to really do any difficult training with her, but if you have an idea for what you'll want her to do you can start planting some... uh... foundations I guess." He could only imagine his dad kicking in the door, talking about how those were plantations not foundations. "Like fetching things can be useful, so when you want something, just try to think a really clear picture of it, including the desire that you want it, and then go grab it. She'll get used to seeing that happen, be used to the idea that when you want a specific thing you get it, and then you can work on getting her to get things for you. For letters I think about what I'm sending and who's going to get it. But we'll need to work on your reading and writing first for that."
He tried to think of other useful flitter tricks he'd seen people use. "Oh, uh, Zory, he's a candidate in Ista, one of K'dar and T'ryn's brothers, he taught his flitter to help find people when he gets lost. I can't take him anywhere on a hike or he'll wander off." There were more he was sure of it, but he couldn't think of any off the top of his head other than a harper he'd seen with a firelizard that helped him do magic tricks. Siro didn't think that was really relevant though so he didn't bother to bring it up. "I wonder if you could teach her hand signs. I bet it would be easy."