City of Light Chapter 23: Dragon Hunter
Krotos stopped preening suddenly. he opened his beak and let out a loud, "awk awk awk!"
Pledged in Blood - Part Two
Blue jay glanced at the female, who had taken to preening her wings. that must have implied he was free to speak, for once, because he went on.
Gilded Cage: Chapter 20
After meticulously preparing his arcane spells, he dedicated the remainder of his time to preening his magnificent feathers and ensuring his attire was immaculate.
Rebirth ch21
The boy happily preened at that comment. 'if it were yours that is.' he instantly lost his preening look then stared at me slack jawed as i pointed to my head. "quickly geodude, your fastest rollout!" the boy said in a most urgent tone. "dude!"
candyfluff
As good at preening as any pegasus she'd ever known.
Eagle Transformation
After only minutes, all that remained of sora's old life was a pile of clothes lying around a preening golden eagle. he retained most of his memories, except for his name, but they were of little consequence now. the eagle saw little point in names.
Gryphon Valley - Act 2
"so i assume you've all preened and forgiven each other then?" she quipped. "well, green-tips and i skipped the preening and went straight back to me batting him around the head while sitting on his belly."
Gilded Cage: Chapter 14
"and when was the last time you had your hair preened? leon, you need to get that done to look presentable! once we get you settled in, we will have to solve this!" "look i don't need preening, i'm happy with the way my hair is!"
The Gryphon's Goal: Chapter 6, Part 1
Freddy preened a wing. "i can't pick on larry all the time. it gets boring after a while." sampson looked over at larry, who had been quiet this whole time.
Embers of Dawn: Chapter 8: Gifts Given Freely
Lyra preened, “she wasn’t watching the ball.” “she was watching _you,_” he murmured, brushing the back of her neck with his beak.
Bahamut's Light: Chapter 19
Which is _why_ that i implore you to have a good preening. it's wonderful, relaxing. you can even preen me after i'm done!" he was so thoughtful. any flash of resentment she might have had, died within those apricot pools.
City of Light: Chapter 55
We’ll take a dip to cleanse this blood, then you’ll brush my fur and preen my feathers.” preen his feathers? arcturus raised an eyebrow, gesturing to his own face. “in case you haven’t noticed, i don’t have a beak to tend to your feathers.”