Skuld was completely entranced by this precious present presented by her chic and beautiful ‘Leena.  ‘Leena, who could have chosen any person, cat or human, to align herself with, befriend, and love.  ‘Leena, whose exotic look and royal demeanor earned (and cursed) her with many would-be owners who would give anything to have such a beautiful creature as their own and whose cold personality chilled anyone who tried to get close.  This was the same ‘Leena that had chosen spazzy Skuld, out of everyone, to curl up with behind the sofa for comfort and fear that first day she arrived.<br/><br/>To say Maleena was everything to Skuld would not be enough.<br/><br/>A light rumble trilled in her throat at Akira’s pats and scratches to her hair and twitching ears, eyelids lowering in bliss yet her eyes never wavered from Maleena and her feather.<br/><br/><em>“We have to find a good place to put your feather collection. A big place… since there will be more feathers coming. I am good at finding feathers.”</em><br/><br/>Turning her head she smiled at Akira.<br/>"So am I! I have a lot of feathers - do you wanna see 'em??"<br/><br/><em> "Be careful - it's a beautiful gift that wants to last a while."</em><br/><br/>Skuld’s head and ears perked when Maleena spoke and she sat up to gently, very gently, receive the feather from Maleena holding the delicate shaft between her fingers as though it were made of glass.  A broad grin rose from her lips and she placed a kiss onto the eye, as Maleena had done.<br/><br/>“I will!”<br/><br/>She chirped, holding the feather close to her body as she leapt and rolled onto her new bed, successfully coming back into a sitting position without a single frond of the feather out of place.  While Maleena and Akira spoke Skuld slid the long feather into the back of her shirt so it sprung up above her head, dancing and fluttering above her as she bounced in place watching the two.<br/>