The eagle

Date: 7/5/2023

I’m in what feels like a small/medium sized town, surrounded by people who speak Italian. Teto’s family. I’m crouching down to a 6yo kid, my arms wrapped around his shoulders. It’s sunny and in the sky an eagle is soaring. It’s a beautiful creature and everyone’s got their noses up and is just admiring it like we are. The eagle descends a couple of times and flies past me, very very close. I stretch my right arm out and the creature sees it. To my utmost surprise, it flies down again and lands in my hand. First it’s got my fingers in its beak and I’m afraid I’m injured/bleeding, but then I realize not. Everyone else around is amazed by what’s just happened, I hope someone is recording it!! I feel so powerful, so incredibly happy of being chosen by the eagle!! When I try to jiggle my arm to let it fly off again, the bird falls into something like a winter beanie that rapidly turns into a box. The eagle needs healing and I take it to the nearest vet. The vet is at the retiring home in my hometown and it’s a Chinese doctor who works in the basement. The place doesn’t make me feel like they can cure the eagle, but better than not trying! Waiting outside with Elena, I look at the grass and find it covered in orange flowers.