Furmgoat let out a rather perturbed combination of a squawk and a hoot as he was manhandled by his choice of perch. Head rotating nearly all the way around, the owl clicked its beak together to let the man know just how perturbed it was and made a go for one of the buttons on his shirt. He was rather fond of buttons. The lady's much more slender and more gentle hands were met with a small nip to her thumb, but nothing vicious and considerably less perturbed. She was the intended recipient, so he was on his best behavior for her and gave his leg a little wiggle for her to take the letter and the awful jade ribbon off.
The letter, once she tore the wax seal, read as follows:
His job done, the little owl looked expectantly at the lady. Treat, please? Hoot hoot!