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Tayla put her hands together and rested them on her lips as a phoenix swooped in and landed on Maxwell's shoulder. "Wow," she said, totally taken by surprise. She looked from the phoenix to Maxwell to the phoenix again. "That's a phoenix," she said, then smiled. "She's beautiful! Or should I say he?" Tayla couldn't stop looking at the phoenix and wanted very much to pet it. "How'd you get one?"
"Yes, his name is Helios and he's my closest friend." Maxwell said beaming at the bird. "I inherited him, which isn't common but after his master, my great-grandmother died, he was very attached to me and my mother thought it wrong to separate us." Maxwell then showed Tayla the palm of his right hand, which had small bird footprint like scars burnt into it. "But Phoenix's aren't all fun and games." Maxwell said with a mischievous crooked smile. "No i'm lying they are! would you like to pet him? He's very friendly."