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[Save perhaps Sync's recent arrival, Ion hasn't been as stressed as he has been these past few months. The lack of experiments has made for a nice change of pace, though he's been refraining from saying as much. Just in case the Malnosso suddenly feel like putting an end to this little break... but it's that lack of stress that makes this new condition of his all the more mysterious. Losing a few feathers when he was sick wasn't entirely uncommon for him, and he had been feeling rather under the weather these past few days, but... well.]

Perhaps this is a bit of an odd question, but has anyone ever had their wings suddenly [...] change? Aside from just the color.

[Glancing over his shoulder. He has his wings folded behind his back so they don't appear in the journal-window. Usually they weren't out at all... which is mostly why he's only now noticing the change.]

Though I guess the color would apply as well, in this case...

[...]

[What, they don't really teach about filial puberty in school! At least, if they did, it was probably one of those days Ion when was out sick. Which is a lot. Though someone Ion's age probably should have already lost most of the fluffy feathers on his wings...... he's a late bloomer, okay.]

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[Unlike Nephry, Tear isn't in the next room over when she hears this message.]

How much have they changed?

A few of the softer feathers have started falling out, and some of the others have started getting longer.

That and the colors used to be a little uneven ever since [...] what happened during the last draft. But now it looks like they've both become darker.

Longer... but to what degree? [She hadn't really noticed the uneven colouring at that time, given her own health then. Ion also had the habit of hiding his wings since then therefore there was little opportunity for her to truly notice the changes.]

Not in any way that makes them seem out of the ordinary, but I know they usually have more short feathers than long ones. And they don't seem quite as... fluffy as they usually are.

Have you tried looking in any records documented by villagers in the library? Perhaps there has been a case of something similar to this happening before. [Though if he wants her to, she would gladly go to find the information for him.]

I hadn't actually thought of that... but I'm not sure if I could make it to the library while they're still feeling so sensitive. Even moving them is a bit uncomfortable, let alone trying to cover them.

If you want, I could find the information on your behalf. I'm already here at the library. [Like she is nearly every day.]

...if you wouldn't mind, I would really appreciate it.

[Normally he wouldn't ask but... well, his worry is probably evident. He knows wings are a big deal, after all.]

[Tear also shares in his worry, though as always she does her best to hide it. It was best that they remain calm and progressive about finding a solution to this anomaly rather than sit and fret.]

Of course. Is there anything else you would like me to do on your behalf?

You're already helping me plenty, Tear. [With a smile.]

[And while she's searching the library, he'll be able to continue asking the other residents!]

[...which means by the time she's found something, he might have already talked to Asch. A-Awkward...]

All right. I'll be back later with anything I can find. [Which will honestly not be much aside from the similarity to birds when they mature and molt their feathers, but she will report this information to him nonetheless when she returns to the house that afternoon, carrying a few books both for light reading and where she found her information.]

Ion...?

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[It's only when Ion hears his name being called that he ventures out from his ~~corner of shame~~ bedroom, though only just enough to peek his head out into the hallway.]

Oh, Tear, you're back!

[He would have told her to call off the search but he was busy being too embarrassed to open his journal again.]

Yes, how are you feeling? [She had forgotten to ask earlier if he had been feeling ill as a result of the feathers falling out, since having just a few feathers pulled out could cause immense pain. It brings about a small sense of shame for not having asked something so vitally important.]

I feel fine! Never better!

[Except for the fact that his face looks a bit red. Is it a fever? No, he's only realizing just how embarrassing this is. Somehow it feels even more so with Tear here... oh Yulia, she didn't end up learning the same thing he did over the journals, did she!?]

[G-Getting a bit redder now.]

I'm sorry to have made you gone through the trouble of looking up things at the library for me...

It was no trouble, honestly. [.... But Ion, your face is so red...]

Are you absolutely sure?

Y-Yes, I'm sure...

[Oh, he can tell she's worried. He should at least say something so she doesn't worry any more. Taking a deep breath and...! l-looking away. He's still more or less talking to her from the door frame, unwilling to leave the safety of his room.]

When I asked about it over the journal, As-- s-someone knew what it was. But it's nothing to worry about. It's... something that happens to everyone at my age.

It is...? [That was... only vaguely comforting, given what little interactions she has had with other people within their age range.]

Who was the one who told you?

...I'd rather not say.

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[But really, it's for Asch's privacy that he'd rather not go around telling everyone about the conversation he just had. A-And for his own. Because that was embarrassing.]

[He's still blushing.]

[... Now she kind of wants to know, but at the same time not. It must have been... really something if Ion was refusing to say.

... Just look at how red his face is...]

If you say so...

[Oh, you think his face is red now? Wait until he gets The Talk from Dist. That'll have to come after this conversation since there is no way Ion will be able to even look at another human being without blushing for at least a day after that happens.]

Y-Yes. Though I should... probably get back to that. There were still a few people I was talking to...

[And if Tear is still really curious, that conversation was never filtered.]

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