Golvania Suite 4 (Aescher Joins the Quest)

Listen here, can you hear that song, it's half agony and half hope?
 A little bit of mourning, slathered in love
 All that longing, emotions pull and shove
 Looky there, over the trees, swooping down, carried by the breeze
 A six feet long tail, golden-brown hair in a Mohawk
 Green wings, a voice heavy in the air
 The words tell a story of a king seeking glory
 Tactics cruel and actions gory
 A talent pool, alchemist and mage
 Not quite fools, but not quite sage
 Feathered friend, please come down, I must ask you about your sweet sound
 Lights on the ground, he takes a bow
 Looks rather confused, he cocks his brow
 "I talk to lizards, fish, and squirrels. I've even talked to other boys and girls
 But I've never experienced a sound like this
 So beautiful, majestic, so novel yet time-tested
 What matter of creature are you?"
 "I'm kinda rare, a plume-tailed crested thrasher
 But most of my friends simply call me Aescher
 I've never met a featherless who understands
 But, oh well, regardless I think we could be friends
 A humanette and a beast"
 "Hey! His name is Fitzbilly!
 And, what were you singing about a king whose heart is so chilly?"
 "He has a son, he seems like a nice kid
 But out of fear, the king keeps him hid
 The alchemist and mage, when the prince was just a babe
 Said some words, waved their hands, and watched the astrolabe
 They studied as the prince grew platelets on his skin
 Organic and metallic, all the wars he could win
 But as the child aged, the king became afraid of the child's new might
 So he locked him away
 So now Thomas, the Tin Prince, has been trapped ever since
 In a tower's top room a single window is his world
 The king won't let him out out of kingly doubt
 I believe that is just absurd"
 "The palace our destination
 Let's make preparations to save the day
 Aescher, lead the way!"