"Welcome...I just figured that at least this way, you'd have something to hug, what with both of them being elsewhere most of the time." She was a little uncomfortable with Song's reaction to the toy, but really, had she been expecting joyful plushie cuddles? Pushing the feeling aside, she leaned over to grab a couple feathers that had drifted nearby, smiling as her fingers touched them.

"You're right! Guess you get to ask Mabry what poor birds are running around naked...and on Christmas, too."