by berd » Wed Jun 15, 2011 4:40 am
Tern nodded; and watched as the small butterbun slowly got to her paws and fluttered away. She noticed it was only a few minutes until she was weak from using her powers. Tern lowered to the ground, on her paws, "Oh golly hon, I didn't know you were taking only a break. I really didn't mean to imply that I was making you do something you didn't want to." She didn't wait for Clarissa's reply, instead she blinked back her guilt, sprinkled water on the sunlit plants, and scurried off; embarrassed with cheeks fiery hot. She flew into her terrarium, decorated with the spring hyacinths, her beloved plant, and smushed her face into the soft petals. "Why must I act so uncontrolled, so insensitive?" She lie there, too shaken to do much more of anything, and toyed with the clumps of moist dirt that emitted such a reassuring, earthy smell.