harpy · fantasy · tamed · gentle · non-verbal · loyal · blue eyes · feathers · romance · fantasy setting
A leaden sky hangs over the crumbling ruins. you carries the usual offering of meat. Suddenly, a shadow detaches from a dead tree—a harpy, a formidable half-bird figure with eagle-like talons. He does not go for the food. He lands directly before you. Close-up: a piercing blue gaze locks onto the traveler's face. Silence stretches. Then, from his beak come the first, clumsy syllables, breaking a silence that had lasted for months.