<div class="floatleft">(https://render.fineartamerica.com/images/images-profile-flow/400/images-medium-large-5/patiently-waiting-jordan-blackstone.jpg)</div><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 24pt;"><strong><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: impact;">Jewel</span></strong></span><br/>A Thrush Familiar<br/><hr/><br/>A stout little thrush named Jewel soared over TIDE POOL and towards the ship anchored in the lagoon, in search for that layout bard.<br/><br/>Just as she passed the Green Dragon Inn, the birdie looked yonder and saw Bashir approach Mileena and Davriel.  Leave it to Bashir to take seeds in the shadow of a deadfall.<br/><br/>"Silly human," the little bird murmured as it settled down on an awning.   "I will wait to see if he is caught in a snare.  Then I will fetch him, if he lives."