“Two long, curved feathers, one crossed over the other, stripes of creamy beige and brown blending into the grass flattened by the girl’s head. From an owl – no mistaking the comb-like flutings along the outer edge. “Fimbriae” – Jes could almost hear her father – “so its flight will be silent.”

“Two long, curved feathers, one crossed over the other, stripes of creamy beige and brown blending into the grass flattened by the girl’s head. From an owl – no mistaking the comb-like flutings along the outer edge. “Fimbriae” – Jes could almost hear her father – “so its flight will be silent.”

— Cynthia Robinson