the aviary seems pretty popular

[ofthehellguard]

Anyone in or around the aviary may be subjected to a series of loud crashes, accompanied by a shout of alarm and lots of angry tweeting.

One moment Uriel was trying to land on the ground from the open air, and the next there was a roof over her head and a tree in her way. She had simply been going too fast to slow down or avoid it, so down through the branches she went, sending leaves, twigs and birds shooting off in every direction.

Ow.

By stretching her wings Uriel manages to slow her descent before she reaches the ground, though that still leaves her stuck in a tree she'll have to extricate herself from. Only once she's sure she's not going to crash down another few feet by moving does she take a moment to feel relieved.

Now, where is she...?

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[ofthehellguard]

Uriel does her best to move the branches a little more gently, since that... er, is less likely to result in pain. "I am fine, thank you. But what is the purpose of wings if not to remain airborne?"

???

[consultmybooks]

"You know, I'm not certain we ever found out. Beyond staying alive, I mean. We would die if they were removed. At least while we were in that place, as it happened." Giles takes a minute as Uriel moves past the last of the branches, and then shakes his head apologetically. "Sorry. Um, I tend to babble just a tad, when I'm nervous."

[ofthehellguard]

Well obviously they would die, unless they received immediate medical attention...

...Uriel pauses a moment.

"You used to have wings?" she asks, obviously surprised.

[consultmybooks]

"Hm?" Giles stares up at her in some surprise for a moment, before he properly realizes what she's asking. "Oh, um, oh yes. Not quite as impressive as yours', of course. And not always. They could barely flap, let alone fly. But I was used to them, after a while."

[ofthehellguard]

They could barely...

"That is a strange tale," she decides on. "I was under the impression that extra limbs were generally a congenital condition."

[consultmybooks]

Giles finds himself chuckling in equal parts embarrassment and amusement. "Yes, well. I suppose it all depends on where you come from."

Extra limbs in Sunnydale, or even in London, were a little more common. Definitely still unwelcome, but a bit more common.