Noah couldn't deny that he was ever impressed with Hotaru's ferocity. Even now as she dove in as a falcon, aiming to destroy and dominate. Talons flashed and the crow cawed. Had Noah been a different man, the sound may have made him flinch. There were very few things that did these days, after seeing what he saw in the Draig. Lightning and dragons and demigods and guardians, all locked in battle. Noah blinked as the memory faded with the flapping wings and reverberating caws of the retreating crow.
Once called, Noah blinked. He blipped from his spot near the metal barrel full of garbage and debris and appeared some short distance from the Valkyrie. She shifted into her human skin and began to strip the evidence of the crow and its nest from the Academy. Noah lowered his center of gravity some and slid in next to Hotaru. He kept his balance by lowering himself to sit on the shingles and prop his foot on the side of the gutter for support. Then he took the bag from his belt loop and opened it up for her, making sure it was wide enough that none of the nesting materials would get dropped.
Once called, Noah blinked. He blipped from his spot near the metal barrel full of garbage and debris and appeared some short distance from the Valkyrie. She shifted into her human skin and began to strip the evidence of the crow and its nest from the Academy. Noah lowered his center of gravity some and slid in next to Hotaru. He kept his balance by lowering himself to sit on the shingles and prop his foot on the side of the gutter for support. Then he took the bag from his belt loop and opened it up for her, making sure it was wide enough that none of the nesting materials would get dropped.
Noah
the sentinel of the north
