An Ulterior Motive

In a large Mansion hidden away within thick woods, a man with irises the same color as snow sat gazing at the sky visible from his window.

A smile formed on his lips when he found his beloved etcher flying in his direction.

Tutu, the large golden eagle, flew straight into the bedroom and landed on the man's shoulders.

"You did good, my girl." The bird's master and Yvonne's self-proclaimed best friend, SO smiled at his etcher.

The man who called himself SO was none other than Sevenz Oca, the man who ran Ocular's caravan 

The young man glanced at the letter tied to the bird's leg and his face lit up in excitement.

Untying the letter, he smiled while hurrying to read what his friend had sent in reply to his letter.

However, the excitement he had faded when he read what she had sent.

"Condition?" He muttered in a gloomy tone.