Katabasis

Chapter 36: I. Praeda pg. 34


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Phoebe remembered Bluebell’s words. “Okay, but that stuff’s not actually real.”

Cat and Bluebell exchanged a look. “I thought you’d know firsthand how real it is,” Cat said.

Image: Cat and Bluebell viewed from the chest-up. Cat is on the left and Bluebell is on the right. They’re glancing at each-other. End description.

When she was a young child, before her parents died, her mother would read her fairy tales about the Firebird. The golden bird whose feathers granted power beyond imagination, and which was coveted beyond belief. The mysterious creature that circled the globe and landed before those in need- or those in need of a lesson. A fairy tale was all it ever was to Phoebe. But over the years, those bedtime stories had become intermixed with sightings and urban legends, and to many the Firebird was now more of a cryptid than a mythical beast.

Image: Part of a page from a book, featuring an illustration of the Firebird. This depiction has a white face,  with a more defined orange-and-white crest. Its body is orange save for a yellow breast and white under its wings. Its tail feathers are multi-colored and stream behind it. It is flying in front of a thicket of trees. There is an intricate blue border around the illustration, decorated with Firebird feathers. Part of Phoebe’s thumb is touching the page. End description.

Surely this “Quill” was just a group of fanatics trying to hunt down the truth.

“Sorry, but I’ve never seen the Firebird in my life.”

“Well… forgetting can be part of the wish,” Cat said.


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