"Mical, make sure to leave those drumsticks," Denzel spoke from within, making sure to be aware of everything Mical ate.
Without spitting a single reply, Mical used his beak to pick up a piece of chicken, swallowing it immediately, he picked up the next and did the same.
The whole while as he did that, Denzel kept watching to make sure Mical didn't pick the wrong piece.
Mical was almost done eating, all that was left were the drumsticks, and Denzel had already started telling Mical to switch.
Mical's eyes were seen to have moved up, and the next thing, Mical ate all the drumsticks that were left.
"No!" Denzel yelled out, but he couldn't do anything. The moment Mical was done with that, he moved to the second bucket of Chicken and started eating it.
Denzel knew he could not do anything, he could just sulk in where he was, watching as Mical ate all. When Mical was done with both, he looked at Grayson and asked, "What the hell is a drumsticks?"
"Huh?" Grayson was amazed when Mical spoke to him, as that was something that his Cheetah could never do, speak out to a stranger, but he didn't understand what Mical said, since Mical's English was broken.
'This Kid doesn't understand me, I can see that,' Mical thought to himself. "Den Kid, you can come back now," Mical said to Denzel.
"You mean you didn't even know what Drumsticks are?" Denzel asked, he was furious about the whole thing as he switched with Mical.
"Denzel, your Eagle sure is strange--" Grayson said and stopped, stunned when he saw the look on Denzel's face, it was like Denzel wanted to whimper as he looked at the Empty containers and bones that laid in it.
"Gray...son... What were you saying?" Denzel's lips kept trembling.
"Ohh... Yeah... I was saying... Please could you stop?" Grayson didn't know what to say with the way Denzel kept looking like he wanted to tear up.
"Okay..."
"Cool... So I was saying that your Eagle is unique,"
"How?"
"The fact that he tried to talk to me shows that. Normally, a Beast could communicate with the animal they had in them, and the animal can only communicate with their host and no one else. It was shocking when it actually spoke to me, but even if he tries, I can't understand what he says because only the host can understand what the animal in him says,"
"You didn't understand him? It's pretty easy, at least I can..."
"The fact that you can doesn't mean I or anyone else can, and the way you speak with him is also new to me, no Beast is that cheerful with the animal they have in them,"
Denzel looked at Grayson, mystified, "If you are communicating with him, doesn't that mean you are both companions?"
"No, you don't automatically become friends with your animal if you learn to communicate with them. The Cheetah in me is not in any way friendly, he wanted to look for a way to end my life so that he could live on, so, when I tried communicating with it, it didn't budge, but after I named it, he said something to me and I understood. He wasn't ready to do a thing for me. But I kept training, and eventually, I defeated it in a fight to decide whether it would listen to me or not, and that was the only way I could harmonize with it. By the way, what is the catch with your animal?"
"Catch? What do you mean?"
"Like... what did you have to give up to make your Beast become this close with you?"
"Nothing much, he was always asleep, and when I woke him up, I didn't really understand it because the English it spoke was broken, and at some point, I began to get used to it and understand it. That was when we became this close, and all it demands is food, if I don't, it goes to sleep, for as long as forever, so, anytime I eat, I always find something for it,"
"That's all?" Grayson was amazed by what Denzel told him, it was never that quick or easy to communicate with one's animal, but Denzel showed him that it could actually happen.
"Yes, that's all. But how do I synchronise with my Beast?"
"I can't say for you, my Beast was always stubborn, so I had to battle with it for it to finally listen to me and at that point we synchronised, it was easy to synchronise with my spider because it is not much of an animal, but with the way things are for you, You would need to find a way to synchronise with yours because I don't think you have a reason to fight with it, it would be better if you try fighting it though,"
"Were you less strong before you woke it up?"
"No, I didn't wake my Cheetah up, he was always awake, but stubborn, and I guess that's why all I needed to do was name it and fight it. But defeating the animal in you is one of the toughest things to do, as they are at least fifty times stronger than you."
"You mean Mical is that strong?"
"I can't say for your animal, you guys are weird... you would have to figure that out yourself,"
"Well, Mical claims he can defeat those two Zoo Keepers," Denzel said, smirking.
"Yeah, talking about those Zoo Keepers, I would say, you should be able to do something about them," Grayson said, pulling something out of his pocket. It looked like a very big lighter. "Almost all animals are scared of fire, and that's why I carry this about, but, you know two of your main opponents now, a snake and a Rhinoceros probably, so, you should get something that a snake and a Rhino hates the most," Grayson added.
"How do you know my opponent's Animals?"
"Because they wear the mask and you do know that they also do that right? Getting someone's weakness I mean,"
"I don't think any of them were with something that might hurt me, except the guy with the snake mask, he held a type of sword, so, the weakness stuff is new to me,"
"But now you know,"
"But, Grayson, I gave a question for you,"
"What is it?"
"Why did you tell me that my friend is sly?"
"You won't believe anything I say."
"Of course, I don't trust you, but the info you gave me was helpful, thank you, and that's why I asked you."
Grayson stood up taking the empty containers away, "Is a little info enough to sell off your friend?" he asked.