Editing The Focused Albatross

<blockquote>''"Wide wings. Quite a lot of beak. And then, where the body should be, a distortion point like something in a funhouse mirror. Looking at it makes your eyes wander."''<ref name="focused albatross item">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Focused_Albatross|Focused Albatross|Fallen London|}}</ref></blockquote>The '''Focused Albatross''' is an avian creature that roams the wilds of [[Parabola]]. Its head and wings are just like those of any other albatross, but instead of a torso, it has a strange focal point in its center, distorting light that passes through.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Focused_Albatross|Focused Albatross|Fallen London|}}</ref> This distortion can focus the [[cosmogone]] light and heat of Parabola, causing the Albatross to leave behind a path of scorched earth wherever it flies.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Pick_up_the_trail_of_a_Focused_Albatross|Pick up the trail of a Focused Albatross|Fallen London|}} ''"Those rays have scorched a path through the jungle [...]"''</ref> The Albatross can also vanish away its body and head when provoked, leaving behind a floating pair of wings, perhaps in an attempt at self-defense.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Capture_the_Focused_Albatross|Capture the Focused Albatross|Fallen London|}}</ref> Despite its lack of internal organs, the Focused Albatross does still eat its prey, and it may hunt for what birds typically hunt for; for example, goldfish.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Bait_the_Focused_Albatross|Bait the Focused Albatross|Fallen London|}}</ref>

The Focused Albatross resides in a stone hollow called an '''Eyrie''', which may inexplicably turn to glass at a moment's notice.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Face_the_Focused_Albatross_in_its_Eyrie|Face the Focused Albatross in its Eyrie|Fallen London|}} ''"[...] the spire turns to glass [...]"''</ref> Unlike many creatures of Parabola, the Albatross does not speak, and it may line itself up, sometimes with others of its species, to refract light in a certain manner for reasons that remain unclear.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Work_toward_a_fuller_understanding_of_monstrosities_1|Work toward a fuller understanding of monstrosities 1|Fallen London|}}</ref> Furthermore, when left in complete darkness, the Albatross may disappear entirely, leaving its wings behind.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Keep_it_in_total_darkness|Keep it in total darkness|Fallen London|}}</ref> Apparently, this occurs because the Focused Albatross is not ''quite'' a bird entirely; rather, one of its parents was "cold-born", originating from the space between stars in the [[High Wilderness]].<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Bring_in_the_Silk-Clad_Expert_as_a_Paid_Assistant_(30_FATE)|Bring in the Silk-Clad Expert as a Paid Assistant (30 FATE)|Fallen London|}} ''""It is not entirely a bird," [...] "One of its parents was [...] from between stars. Cold-born.""''</ref><gallery widths="130">
Albatross2.png|The Focused Albatross
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