[Thankfully no one's found a way to photoshop real life yet.
He chuckles, but he's impressed with how he handles her. Nodding, he reaches out to take her, hands careful, but his grip firm.]
Don't worry, I've held a few birds in my time. Been bitten by a few too. [He's too polite to mention Julien's abnormal qualities; the language he was speaking earlier already gave Gabriel a hint towards what might have caused it. And to try and settle the pigeon again he tries it himself, tone soft and just a little cautious. He's only tried this by himself so far. It's not the elvish that Julien knows but Glorfindel's birth tongue of Quenyan, similar and with more than a few matching root words, but at the same time different, like comparing middle English to modern English.]
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He chuckles, but he's impressed with how he handles her. Nodding, he reaches out to take her, hands careful, but his grip firm.]
Don't worry, I've held a few birds in my time. Been bitten by a few too. [He's too polite to mention Julien's abnormal qualities; the language he was speaking earlier already gave Gabriel a hint towards what might have caused it. And to try and settle the pigeon again he tries it himself, tone soft and just a little cautious. He's only tried this by himself so far. It's not the elvish that Julien knows but Glorfindel's birth tongue of Quenyan, similar and with more than a few matching root words, but at the same time different, like comparing middle English to modern English.]
Shh, friend. We mean you no harm.