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A Leap Forward

5 years ago

The rainbow parrots 🦜 - one of the few animals that support your cause against the fox-tyranny:


One of the first other animals that you encounter after your escape are the rainbow-parrots. Their quirky attitude has led to others underestimating them, which gave them the opportunity to develop relatively undisturbed.

Decades ago, they prouded themselves of large castle-nests, filled with heaps of treasure, "borrowed" from other civilizations. Despite that they were mainly well regarded as they would help out other creatures in dire situations. 🏰

Nowadays, there exist but a few rare examples of this once numerously existing species. They may share their wisdom with you!

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