In Fisher’s view, the Steel Blade that Ossie held up with both hands was parallel to her face, causing Fisher to think that when the Steel Blade "spoke," it was as if Ossie was speaking too.
So, was it the Steel Blade greeting him or was it Ossie herself?
After a second of silence, Fisher returned the greeting.
Hearing Fisher’s words, the Steel Blade remained motionless, but Ossie, who was holding it, nodded her head and then gently hugged the Blade back to her chest, stroking its body.
Hmm, it seemed the greeting had been from Ossie after all, albeit expressed through the mouth of the Steel Blade.
However, Fisher clearly remembered that yesterday, the first to discover the giant creature under the water was Ossie herself, who even leapt down from the mast to tell Alagina about it.
That is to say, she could actually speak.
After Fisher’s greeting, the turn to speak switched back to Ossie like a turn-based game, but she, hugging a parrot, didn’t continue speaking and even covertly glanced at the path behind Fisher, shifting her feet a little before stopping in place again.
Ossie’s desire to end the conversation and leave was very strong, almost to an overly obvious extent.
Fisher’s keen observation allowed him to catch these small actions of Second Officer Ossie, and he guessed that she wanted to leave, but felt it necessary to say something to conclude the conversation, so he was now deeply contemplating what to say...
To avoid her embarrassment, Fisher decided to take the initiative to end the conversation after waiting a second or two, but before he could speak, Ossie had already made a move.
From under her large cloak, she suddenly extended a "hand" towards Fisher. Looking down, the "hand" that came out from under the cloak was far different from a human’s palm: there were no distinctly separate fingers, just thick, broad grey-green feathers.
Rather than an arm, it resembled a gigantic wing.
Feathers of the Grey Bird Species from the Northern Realm were generally blue and grey. Little Jack’s paper had recorded that a subspecies of the Grey Bird Species from the South Continent had individuals with orange-yellow coloration, but Fisher had never seen one himself.
The feathers on the wings of the Northern Realm Grey Bird Species each had white patterns of differing shapes at the center, each Grey Bird Species unique, but Ossie’s were particularly beautiful,
contrasting with the typical speckled, irregular white spots of other Grey Bird Species, the patterns in the middle of Ossie’s blue-grey feathers were continuous, symmetrical, looking as pretty as blossoms blooming on the feathers.
As Ossie extended her hand, the Steel Blade in her arms once again called out to Fisher, interrupting his observation of her feathers. No wonder Karma and the others were always fighting with this bird.
Ossie squeezed the body of the Steel Blade again, causing it pain and making it change what it was saying,
"Candy... coo... candy..."
Hearing the Steel Blade’s words, Fisher finally realized that Ossie wanted to give him something, so he placed his hand under her wing, and the next moment, she gently shook her wing, and a light blue candy wrapped in translucent paper fell from her feathers into Fisher’s palm.
Fisher examined it and realized it was a traditional sweet from the Northern Realm called cold water sugar.
This candy was not only historically significant but also tasted good. It had been sold previously in Saint Nali, but when Fisher bought it, he found it tasted awful due to the different ingredients used.