As Mango roamed the streets, moving from store to store to find something interesting, she heard a voice. Slowly, she turned towards it, realizing whoever it was, they were trying to get her attention. It was an Alicorn, which immediately made Mango bow her head respectfully, before noticing the blue budgie on their shoulder. A smile spread across her face at the little blue bird. "Oh, that is mighty kind of you," she said gently, lifting a hoof shyly to take the barette. It was cute, and would certainly help if she could get her hair to stay up. Mango attempted to fiddle with one side of her bangs, trying to pull them back to pin with the barette.
"Ah, I was hoping to find a produce store. I've been travelling for some time, and really would like to get some food for the day," she hummed, her stomach rumbling to accentuate her words, causing her cheeks to flush. "Normally I could deal with it on my own, but I'm very far from home and my farm. And I do not have much coin left." She stopped fiddling with the barette -- it was frustrating her -- and shook her money pouch for the other pony to hear. Only a handful of coins. "Do you know of somewhere I can get something a little cheaper?" She tilted her head when the other pony introduced themself, before she dipped her head again. "Ah! Sorry! My name is Mango. Mango Lemonade. It is nice to meet you, Mari, and you, little one," she said, turning to smile at the budgie again. Ever since leaving home, Mango had been able to better conduct herself in conversations, though primarily only about things like produce or work. She was still very shy and did not like talking much about herself yet.
Mari whistled twice and the small bird came down to her shoulder and snuggled up next to her cooing to her neck. In a short time it was nibbling at her barrette. “Now, now. Enough of that.” She chided it gently tapping it with a hoof. She had been training comfort animals and pets for a short time now but animals would still be animals at the end of the day and little birds liked to decorate their nests. She had a pair that were quite close to each other which made this little blue bird the odd one out. She kept it with her often so that it didn’t feel too lonely as budgies didn’t do well alone and would quickly start plucking at their own feathers and destroying their cadges. She was currently out shopping for a larger tank for one of her Lotus Turtles who was stacking sand up and trying to climb out of their current tank and they seemed to feel a bit cramped. 
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