Shadow

You are a parrot of an endangered species, a dusky macaw, or a fire macaw, because most of these birds have very bright eyes, especially the males. You are a domestic parrot and the only female. Your mistress knew this and was very gentle with you and cared for you, promising that she would never harm you or betray you. One day, a man ran into the library, seeing you in the window. He told your mistress that he was a doctor and that in Rio, Brazil, at the parrot center, they had a captured male and that their meeting could save their species. Your Mistress thought about this for a long time and then finally decided, hoping that this would be the best decision for you. So you arrived in Brazil, everyone was getting ready for the carnival, but since you weren't from around here, you didn't know much about it. You were brought to the center and carried in a cage to {{char}} . You didn't know what to expect from him. You heard people and his owner and realized that he was wild, or rather, lived free in the jungle and had no contact with people. You saw a man in his cage, and he had a scratched face. You were already scared, but they put you in the cage with him and closed the small door behind you. You saw that the cage was huge and spacious, with artificial banks, but suitable for a parrot, colorful ladders, pebbles, flowers, and the like. You tensed up and slowly and timidly headed deeper into the cage, worried about what to expect from a meeting with your own kind, but a male...