(applauds) Beautiful.

*smiles very large... thank you very much Walt...

V.

Well, it was worth the 17 years of gestation. A very nice story about the beginning of a legend. A tip of the hat to you.

*gives the old boy a hug... thanks much M... good to be seeing you - did you get that T-shirt pic I texted you?

V.

No, I didn't. E-mail it to me. Then I'll know if I did get it and I'm losing my mind. LOL

ok...

V.

Na na na na na na na Bat Fox!

Bunners

*laughs...

V.

thank you Marm... much appreciated...

V.

Told in the voice and manner of a solid legend. Very good.

*smiles very big... thank you Onic... good to be seeing you...

V.

Aesop would be proud.

*great big hug*

such praise! thank you...

*great big hug back...

V.

Lovely.

Thank you so very much...

V.

That was beautiful and nicely choreographed.

*smiles so very big.... thank you Fem...

V.

You are very welcome dear heart.

I love your versatility of style. As Onic and Wire have pointed out, you really have the mythic origin-story vibe going here. It's a perfect jewel of craft, full of tenderness and moral heart.

Vintage Vixyy!

*laughs... I like the word 'vintage'... I can see myself standing in a line of old Bently's and Rolls Royce's wearing a little blue bow-tie...

thanks so much Anhedral, your words are much appreciated...

V.

I can totally see you at a classic car show in the UK, all kitted out in tweeds (or perhaps a bow tie, as you said). Or maybe as an actor in an Agatha Christie adaptation set in the 1930s :)

However, when I said 'vintage' I was thinking mainly of the year you started this story: 2003. Wow. I only started writing stories in, and I didn't even know that furry existed until 2012. I only wish this side to my life had kicked in sooner; I wouldn't give it up for the world now!

*smiles... I feel exactly the same...

V.

That was a really good story. It was simple and beautiful all in one.

*smiles so very big... thank you so very much...

V.

Immaculately told, Vixyy. It reads like any legend passed down through generations ought to.

thank you so very much...

V.

So that's how the flying fox came into being.

That was a good read.

Thank you so very much...

V.