"yeah. I was going to put it in the fridge but had to go do something else and then Peggi came along and ate it thinking it was the one I said I'd make her. Neither my girflried nor her were very pleased with me..."

A thought crossed Lyla's mind that she had to push away. Is he still with his girlfriend? Then she answered her own question with most likely. If they weren't, he probably would've said 'ex' or something.

Phoenix gromaced as he his pigeon but jis ear. "Yipes. Crqazy bird. Good but crqzy."

"Are all your pigeons like that?" Lyla asked, not really sure if she wanted to know the answer

"No. Crocus is a sweetheart, Rattatoulie, Pastry, and Frappuchino just like to eat and nothing else, Lakebreeze, Sunset, and Sapphiregold are actually relaly sweet too, Felicity is just plain mean, so is Lilac, Sunflight, CLoudbreeze, Winterstorm, and Springshot will most definitely never listen to anything I say...."

"Woah," Lyla said. "You have a lot of birds. How can you stand having that many birds?"

"Ask mPeggi."

Lyla nodded. "Okay. I will. How long have you had them?"

"Depends on which bird. I started getting pigeons when I was 8-ish

"Woah. That's a long time. Which was the first bird you ever had?"