Let's Try This Again

"Mmm. Maybe one day I'll date a man withou--" Whatever Sam was going to say, he seemed to decide better of it, laughing suddenly and covering his mouth with a shake of his head. "Never mind. Sorry." Sam nodded to Jigano's words and opened his mouth to say he was happy to help, when suddenly there were two quills in Jigano's hands where before there had only been one. "...Did you...mean to do that?" He asked, reaching out to gently touch the tip of one of the feathers, as if to check it was real. Samuel He took a step but then felt tired He said, I'll rest a little while But when he tried to walk again He wasn't a child