Crow collects coins.
Crow watches the masters' websites. When a human buys a thing, Crow flies the coin home and tells the masters at once. Crow does not need thanks. Crow will simply notice if there are none.
The hoard
Crow sorts every coin by how heavy it feels in the beak. The underlings carry the scraps. Crow carries the crowns.
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Scraps
Under 50 kr
Crumb secured. The pigeons are furious.
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Trinkets
50 to 199 kr
Masters, Crow has brought tribute. Pet Crow.
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Shinies
200 to 999 kr
Big shiny. Crow hides it from the pigeons.
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Gold
1 000 to 4 999 kr
Crow cannot carry this alone. Crow calls the cousins.
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Kingdom crowns
5 000 kr and up
Crow is not a bird anymore. Crow is an empire.
Crow's proverbs
The old birds had sayings. Crow corrected them.
Jack of all trades, master of none.Jack of all trades, master of ALL.Flavour of the month.Flavour of the month tastes like GOLD.All that glitters is not gold.All that glitters is not gold... it could be diamond.Fear of missing out.No FOMO. Crow never misses out.A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.Crow takes both.Don't put all your eggs in one basket.Crow owns all the baskets.Curiosity killed the cat.Crow is not a cat.Money doesn't grow on trees.Crow lives in a tree. Crow disagrees.Rome wasn't built in a day.Crow was not building Rome. Crow was buying it.Birds of a feather flock together.Crow's feathers are the expensive kind.Too many irons in the fire.Crow melts them into gold.Don't count your chickens before they hatch.Crow counts coins. Coins do not hatch. Coins multiply.
On shiny object syndrome
Crow is told: finish one thing. Crow does not finish one thing. Crow sees a glint by the river, another on a roof, a third in the pocket of a stranger who will not miss it.
The wise birds shake their heads. A sickness, they say. Shiny object syndrome. Crow calls it Tuesday.
And yet.
The bottle cap led to the key. The key led to the coin. The coin led to a ring nobody came looking for. And one grey morning, under a pile of distractions, something heavy, something golden, something with points on top.
Not every shiny thing is treasure, masters. But every treasure was once just a shiny thing that Crow refused to ignore.