[ How is he not supposed to have a crisis about this? Also? That explanation? Not helping. "They're just frozen in time and space forever until I see fit to release them, nbd." Are there no animal rights activists where you come from? He has so many questions.
Finn's faintly (translation: extremely) horrified expression immediately melts into surprise when Itachi gives him the task. He stares down at the scroll and walks around the table, checking it from all sides before coming to a stop on the opposite side.
While he can feel the bird, the cage is a bit more difficult to discern. Probably because it's not alive. But... it's not lifeless either. Itachi's own life force keeps the animal sealed away, creates a type of... barrier. Finn just has to break through it.
Somehow.
He takes a deep breath and places his hand where indicated, trying to dig through the... barrier? to find the life within. It's difficult to get a hold of it, though, once he managed the task of breaking through in the first place. But he... does? And he... pulls... And he keeps pulling because nothing happens on the first few tries to--
Finn pulls his hand back like he'd been burned, eyes opening wide, and finding a feather on the parchment. ]
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Finn's faintly (translation: extremely) horrified expression immediately melts into surprise when Itachi gives him the task. He stares down at the scroll and walks around the table, checking it from all sides before coming to a stop on the opposite side.
While he can feel the bird, the cage is a bit more difficult to discern. Probably because it's not alive. But... it's not lifeless either. Itachi's own life force keeps the animal sealed away, creates a type of... barrier. Finn just has to break through it.
Somehow.
He takes a deep breath and places his hand where indicated, trying to dig through the... barrier? to find the life within. It's difficult to get a hold of it, though, once he managed the task of breaking through in the first place. But he... does? And he... pulls... And he keeps pulling because nothing happens on the first few tries to--
Finn pulls his hand back like he'd been burned, eyes opening wide, and finding a feather on the parchment. ]