Literature
Daenus the Ascending Mage
“Welcome home! Welcome home!” Daenus laughed and shook his head as Rainbow, his pet macaw, called out to the summer house that they had returned. He wasn’t expecting his dad to be home—it was usually a fifty-fifty shot whether he was on the day he returned home from boarding school. There was no response this time, so Daenus took Rainbow over to a hanging perch, then started exploring the house. It didn’t take him long to discover the note his father had left in the kitchen. Had a work emergency, back @ 7 for dinner. Daenus sighed and wrote an “OK – BBQ?” on the note, then returned to Rainbow. “I have to unpack the truck, okay?” he told her, offering a headscritch. Rainbow bobbed her head and leaned into the petting. “Do you want to sit in your cage?” he asked, continuing to pet. It had been a long drive back from the boarding school, and there had been a lot of people greeting at the end. She bobbed her head again. “Yes. Upstairs!” she replied, stepping up onto
