Blue Dawn Jay of Aves Page 28
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High above the forest two peregrine falcons flew steadily south, frequently shifting direction and altitude to catch the most favorable winds. Each great raptor carried a smaller, very unusual passenger: one a blue jay and the other a human. All worried about the impending disaster that they would soon try to stop, and the improbability of stopping it.
Blue worried most of all, as it was his plan that everything depended on, and his plan depended most of all on Song Flame's teachings to him about crows and about bird history.
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