Feathered
Scattered feathers is an idiom, pronounced m á oy ǔ L í ngluॸ, which means people who have lost their helpers or close friends.
explain
It refers to the loss of a helper or close person.
source
In the book for Shi Zhongrong and SUN Hao written by sun Chu of Jin Dynasty, it is said that "the aid of the assistant is lost outside, but the feather is scattered inside."
Feathered
a word spoken goes faster than a team of four horses - sì bù jí shé