Coffee with Cream [9]

[Critical Fail! 1]"You want me to carry you?" Eiden seemed annoyed. His tone of voice said it all before he expounded, "I'm strong but I'd probably need both arms to carry you, we'd look like dolts wandering North Shore with you nestled into my arms like a hatchling."As he spoke, the seed of a grin spread across his beak. It grew, flourished, until it sprouted into a smirk. "Maybe there's a better way to be sure you stick close..."You were lifted in the air. The motion made you dizzy as you ascended several meters off the ground. The crow was absurdly strong, and when you stared down his piercing gaze met you.

"Stop wrigglin' so much. I've been thinking of doing this since I spilled coffee on you this morning..." His beak parted, and the darkness subsumed you. It was warm, hot. You were in some kind of squishy tube, surrounded by undulating slippery shadows."Mmglp gllk gluck gluck..!" The brute of a bird tossed his head several times, like a seagull eating a hot dog. The feeling of cold air on your fingertips vanished with a satisfying clap of his beak. The sheer size of the bird allowed you to fully inhabit his esophagus, even after passing the syrinx. Vibrations from various membrana, tympaniformis, and pessulus structures allowed him to speak with minimal airflow."Settle down... my stomach is also a crop. I can hold ya in there without doing harm. That cat would kill me if something happened to you..."With one more hard gulp the world turned from a tube into a bean-shaped pouch. You were consumed by your tour guide.