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____"You want to hear this story?" Adopt524 chuckles. "Well, alright, but you were the one who asked.

____"It was a nice, clear day. Actually, I had been taking a walk around Barton Town. Suddenly, an Angel Imp descended--out of nowhere--into the middle of the street. She looked like she'd just been thrown out of heaven, or an airplane, or something. Heck, for all I knew, she could've been tossed down by one of those OMGWTFs. Those things are nasty. Anyways, she cupped something fuzzy in her hands, and she looked crazy worried. So I went and asked her if she needed any help.

____"'Yeah,' she said, opening her hands to reveal a fluffy but innocent-looking baby bird. 'Do you think you could help me find somewhere to help this chick? I think it's broken a wing.'

____"Of course, I (as an avid lover of all things winged) immediately said I would help. I had--I still have--a friend who knew a little bit of healing magic. This was Garbagekeeper. She agreed to helping the little bird.
____"After the bird was healed, we introduced ourselves. I learned that the Imp's name was Aderyn. Turns out, she'd been traveling the world to see more of it wonder. I didn't blame her one bit--Gaia itself was and still is way too crowded and developed. Plus, there isn't much natural beauty left to admire. She'd found the bird floating on some seaweed about a hundred or so miles north of the Port of Gambino, and apparently it had drifted down from the continent above. Long trip for such a small bird.

____"Aderyn, showing me and Garbagekeeper her true character for the first time, childishly suggested that we--"

____"I'm not childish!" Aderyn protests. "You guys just aren't whimsical!"

____"Right. Whatever you say." Adopt rolls her eyes. "Where was I? Oh, right. So she whimsically suggested that we all move up to Ferrigun with her. She said she was going to move there anyway, and it would be the perfect place to raise the bird.
____"Somehow, all three of us ended up there. When we did release the bird, it came back every year to nest at our house. And it left the eggs.

____"That's how All Things Winged got started--after a year or two, we decided we may as well help the birds find loving forever homes, since they kept coming back. Scarcely any of the chicks from that first bird's eggs ever left the house of heir own volition. I never figured out why they liked the place so much, but I like to think they liked us too much to leave.

____"Anyways. That's how this crazy shop began. All Things Winged..." Adopt shook her head ruefully. "I guess we have to take in any animal with wings, huh? Sure hope no lunatic griffins bring their eggs in."