Understanding

My bear Gregory and my swan, Trinity.


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"Why have you come here, Swan?" The bear demanded, eyeing the woods for any other creatures.

The swan bowed her head. "I have come with a gift." She answered pushing a fish toward the bear with her beak. "They have told me you are ill and I began to worry when you didn't come to the water's edge."

Greg's eyes narrowed as he rose to his full height. " I don't need your help. Get out."

Trinity merely stared up at him, unwavering. "If you do not eat you will die and then what will your pride have won you?" She turned from her friend and opened her wings. "Nothing but the loss of a close friend."

The bear closed his eyes and slumped down, exhausted from his effort. "I do understand... but the visions won't stop..." He whispered after her, grabbing the fish she left behind and tearing into it.

The swan craned her long neck to look behind her. A smile went across her beak. "It'll work out in the end... "