[Searching For Birds and Specifically That Funny Looking Bird With the Head Feathers that do that thing and Maybe Anika if she's Around!]

Lapis sets off!

She bounds out of her fancy super-special fort and looks around her immediate surroundings. The funny orange and black bird is around sometimes but sometimes not. Lapis is pretty sure it's up to something.

Now where had she seen Anika before?

Usually over at one of the training places, right?

Or just around.

"Usually Anika isn't a bear, usually she's a really tall purple elf like REALLY tall!" Lapis explains. "She's the only person I know who can turn into a bear but there are others probably."

Lapis' experience with bear metamorphosis is sharply limited.

Maybe if she had a larger selection of bear transforming people that she knew she could draw better conclusions.


[Spooky Aftermath]

Meanwhile, elsewhen!

Lapis is still a sheep.

She's mostly watching the exchange. It's kind of neat getting to see how other kids interact with their parents. These children are WAY less independent than she is! But that's probably because they're mortal children instead of a celestial child who was created to fulfill a particular purpose. She's still hoping that they might invite her over to their house some time since playing tag with them was really fun even if it stopped being a game of tag pretty quick when she started rolling.