Day 16

This morning Par approached Tiddol and thanked her, like really thanked her. I was in a state between shock and amusement after hearing how profusely he thanked her, only for it to turn closer to shock when he thanked me in the same manner.

A couple minutes later he was reading another of Tiddol’s books. For a while after that event Tiddol and I talked. According to her Par had obtained sentience partially due to being taught how to read. She also said that he would likely have a thirst for knowledge as a result of how he obtained sentience, and as such would need a lot more books or he would grow restless.

That afternoon Tiddol announced that she was leaving again. She should be back within five days and promised to bring some souvenirs with her. Making sure to leave a decent stack of books, going up to my belly button, behind in the tent for Par to read.

The birds came out again today. The songs they sang were a little different, triumphant almost. Checking the nest there were six speckled eggs, it looks like we’re going to have chicks.

Day 17

Today Par read practically all day. I only saw him get up once, to eat some berries. He even made sure to thoroughly get the juice off of his hands before picking up a book again.

The birds were out in a frenzy, at least one of them was, the other was sitting on the eggs. It seemed to me that they were trying to eat as much as they could. I don’t know much about birds but I think they're saving up food for the chick when it hatches.

Around noon it started raining again. I had asked Tiddol the other day why it is raining so much, according to her it is the rainy season, and it should all but stop raining in a month or so, at least for a little while.

All in all, today was a little slow, nothing big happened, but several small things happened. Oh! I planted a new batch of trees on the south end of my grove. Now that the trees I already have are mostly fully grown I figured it was time to plant more. I’ll be infusing my mana into them all night.

As for what types of trees they will be, I have no idea. Tiddol gave me some of the seeds, others I picked up here and there, I know there are at least a couple nut trees mixed in, not sure what else. I guess we'll just have to wait and see.