<div class="floatright">(http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc38/purple_butterfly_pink/kucingmagik.gif)</div>"I know, I know."<br/><br/>Dora batted a lazy paw at the soft nudge of Slayer's beak.  "I heard... hard not to, with these ears."<br/><br/>She knew the hawk didn't quite understand her words, but spoke them regardless, as she also knew that Slayer's mind grew in power each year.<br/><br/>Dora rolled to her feet, and stretched with a long sigh.  "Go on, back to your Mistress and mine.  I'll be right there."<br/><br/>With graceful paws, Dora slipped lithely from crenalation to stone wall to window ledge, then inside, the path large and easy for her size.<br/><br/>Quickly and silently then she took the servant's way to the meeting hall.  Circling the room unseen, she observed those present, gaging mood and temper.  She ended her circuit next to Victoriana's right hand, brushing the young noble's finger tips with her cheek.<br/><br/>Purring, she leaps to her best friend and mistress's lap, then shoulder, settling on the back of her chair like a furry headrest.  "I'm here, Victoriana. Courage." she whispers into the young woman's ear.<br/><br/>Feeling for her own familiar, she sensed him resting still in Victoriana's bedroom.  Sending him her feeling of urgency, she felt him wake, and smiled a minute later she when spotted him slink in and hide under the table.