( its a very odd gift indeed. he hasn't forgotten her questions of familiars but what he understands of them the animal she's holding onto doesn't much qualify. in his world familiars were smaller animals, cats and crows and things similar. he's never heard of a wolf familiar but that doesn't mean that they couldn't exist. there were so many things in this place he'd never seen before; he doubted her companion would be the last. )

I take it you don't recognize it from your own world? ( graham has to wonder why he is different, why he got his brother when so man seemed to be getting animals that they'd never seen or met before. it was just another layer to the many questions revolving around now ALISTAIR was handing out — gifts? incentives? bribes? he didn't know enough to even know which word to use. whatever it was it seemed as if the items generally had a productive purpose, but how they were picked and handed out remained a mystery. )

I've never seen a wolf quite like him, but if he bears some similarities I might be able to help you. ( he was fairly gifted with them, he'd been raised by them after all. ) a trade of information, if you wanted. ( after all he hadn't offered any compensation for the lessons she was offering. it seemed only right to offer her something in return. )