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" It’s okay,” Dirrp called out. “She’s with me. I hurt my wing. She brought me here to get help.” The only response, for a long time, was silence. Then an eagle raised itself up, from near the top of the Tree, a white-headed bird with a hooked beak and pale, probing eyes. “You should not have brought her here,” the eagle said. “I’m sorry, ma’am,” Dirrp said. “But it’s okay. She can talk. She can actually talk.” Dirrp pivoted, to speak into Patricia’s ear. “Show them. Show them! "
― Charlie Jane Anders , All the Birds in the Sky (All the Birds in the Sky, #1)