So the day's finally here, huh, Chirpy…

Now you'll be soaring the skies with those cute little wings of yours!

*Giggle* Her response is more encouraging today!

Haha, Chirpy's really raring to go too, huh.

Honestly, she's like a different bird with all this energy.

Chirpy's just like Lanzhu with that fire in her eyes.

Of course she is. I'm her mom, after all!

I think you did a great job looking after Chirpy, Lanzhu.

Yeah. You even took her back to your dorm to take care of her on the weekends.

It was so cute when she was all happily chirping away while eating the food you'd made.

You all helped too, though. I have to thank you on Chirpy's behalf.

Ai, I also want to thank the girl who lent us the stuff that helped us take care of Chirpy. Can I come with you when you go to give the stuff back?

Yeah, for sure.

And I'll be sure to let them know how you felt, Chirpy.

All right, time to leave the nest!

That's some powerful flapping!

Off she goes…

So she's not going to fly around and around above Lanzhu or something?

That only happens in movies or on TV. Birds don't generally get attached to people.

Yeah, and it's not good to do things that'll make them attached. They live in the wild, so it's dangerous for them to get too close to people.

That's just how it is…

That makes sense. They'd be in trouble for sure if they didn't think that people were dangerous.

But, Lanzhu…

I'm proud.

That's the Chirpy I raised. Thrive on your own two wings!