Maleena's heart hopped as her internal chords were played so exceedingly well by Akira - two summer sets! Two winter sets! And he was<em>absolutely</em>right about seeing the room first to choose the rest. She raised an eyebrow at Skuld and - with swift precision - folded back the catalogue. She held it under the calico's nose, hoping to deter her thoughts from colorful feathers and non-existent birdbaths for the moment.<br/><br/>She pointed an elegant finger to a double set of freshly green and yellow sheets that held an artful print of red, blue and darker green feathers with orange tufts, stilizing a parrot with only a few printed brush strokes. The pillows, made of the same thin lawn (and thanks to the microfaster fabric this was not an investion that was too expensive -- yet), pictured a wing each so that when two pillows sat on the bed, one could turn them so as to sleep with an open wing on each side.<br/><br/>The set came with a heavy, cream-colored blanket made from a fur-imitation and lined with a green border around the edges that was stitched with small, cream-colored feathers. That again WAS more expensive, but Maleena decided not to compromise here - the blanket would cover the bed while it wasn't used, therefore be on display as it was hiding the colorful freshness of the sheets under a hint of subtle elegance. On top of that, the fur-imitation looked soft to sprawl out on during the day.<br/><br/>"What do you think?" she asked Skuld -<em>not</em>Akira, knowing the compromise of elegance, color and feathers could be something they'd both feel well in - and that was more important to Maleena than she would have let anyone know.