Jason’s understanding shifted as he processed the implication
Inside, arranged within padded compartments, were multiple delicate eggs—rare and visibly unusual, likely belonging to protected exotic bird species. Their presence immediately reframed everything. These were not ordinary wildlife encounters.
This was not random behavior.
This was connection.
Outside, the flock continued to circle, their movements synchronized, as if reacting to signals beyond human perception
The birds outside were not attacking in aggression—they were responding to loss. What he had assumed to be danger was, in fact, desperation.
The aircraft was not being targeted as an enemy.
It was being followed.
