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As Embryo and her parents entered their home after their lovely breakfast, Albumen turned to look at her.

"So," she inquired, "What did you think?"

"Well," Embryo began, "I quite liked the egg salad Caviar brought. I think she has some potential when it comes to... you know."

"No, not about breakfast," Albumen said.

"What did you think about Vitellus?" Yoke finished.

Embryo looked away. "He's fine. I guess." She hesitated, not sure how to continue. Her reserves to Egg Laying still swirling so clearly in her head, but so hard to actually speak (not to mention the undignified process in which eggs are actually laid) "It's just... I don't know if I'm ready..."

Albumen looked at Yoke, then back at Embryo. Slowly, she stepped up to her, and gently rested her talons on her face.

"Listen," Albumen said, "I felt the same way when I was your age. But then it happened, and it was so perfect..."

"We knew this was our purpose together," Yoke finished again.

"That's just it," said Embryo stepping away, "What if this is not my purpose?"

Albumen and Yoke looked shocked, as if such an idea had never occurred to them.

"Not your purpose?" Albumen gaped.

"It's just..." Embryo hesitated, trying to find the words, "Laying Eggs, Eating Eggs... There got to be more to life than that. I feel the air blowing across my scales, hear the river rushing down the stream. There is so much more to the world than just Breakfast, and what is my place in all of it?

Albumen and Yoke looked at each other. "You know where you come from, right?" Albumen said.

"It's said," Yoke picked up, "if you let food rot long enough, it will mutate into something alive. Your egg was left abandoned and uneaten for so long, that it mutated into you."

"From the egg you came, so for the egg you provide," Albumen continued, "What could be a greater purpose than that?"

"Maybe you're right, maybe I'm wrong," Embryo said, "But I have to find out for myself." Embryo turned to look out the door at the mountains in the distance, the breeze blowing down from them seeming to call her.

Albumen's eyes widened. "Wh-what do you mean?"

A rush of certainty passed through Embryo, opening a door within her Soul that she never had known was there all along.

"I'm going to see the world." She stated.

Now Albumen and Yoke were full attention.

"What," Albumen said, "But you don't know what's out there, you don't know..."

"Don't worry Mom, I'll be fine. You too Dad." She looked her parents over. "Maybe you're right, maybe my purpose is to lay eggs, but I need to see what's out there first."

"So much potential..." Albumen sighed.

Embryo looked her parents long in the eyes, their gazes softened.

"Oh Em..." Albumen began.

"We'll miss you," Yoke finished.

They all pressed their heads together for a long moment.

"We know you'll find your purpose," Albumen continued.

"And we know you'll make us proud."

Yoke pulled his head away, and Embryo looked at him, then at Albumen.

"I'll see you again later."

With that, Embryo turned and headed out the door. The morning light glittered off her light yellow scales, it's heat warming her up, filling her Soul with energy. She spread her wings, feeling the air currents rushing around her...

And with that, she blasted off, above the OmeletWing village. She looked back down to see her parents standing in the doorway watching her, loving expressions on their faces.

I'll see you again, see again promised herself, and I will make you proud.

And with that, she turned herself toward the mountains, and let the wind and her Soul carry her off into the unknown.