Jigano nodded politely, though he thought that 'Miles' was more a unit of measure than a proper name for a creature. It was lucky all around that the cat had been a girl, it seemed, for its sake as much as Sam's.
The bookmaker's description of his companion had the bard tilting his head in slight confusion, though he would not be so gauche as to doubt another persons's understanding of their bonded animal. Sam had just said that he had found Mia living feral and hunting bats. It seemed likely that in her life alone she had fought her share of mice and perhaps even other cats, to claim the once-empty bookstore's hunting grounds as her own. It was no wonder that she now preferred comfort and pampered treatment, but any creature that had been raised to live and hunt on her own would hardly be helpless when faced with mischievous Bobi or solemn Chunk.
The question earned a brief tilt of his head in acknowledgment as he went back to stroking slow and gently down Mia's back. "Something like that, yes. Isuma is half-cat, half-owl, but she is still small and quite young. She would be no danger to this little lady." He glanced up at Sam from beneath his lashes, wondering if the bookmaker would put the information he had casually let slip together or not.
The bookmaker's description of his companion had the bard tilting his head in slight confusion, though he would not be so gauche as to doubt another persons's understanding of their bonded animal. Sam had just said that he had found Mia living feral and hunting bats. It seemed likely that in her life alone she had fought her share of mice and perhaps even other cats, to claim the once-empty bookstore's hunting grounds as her own. It was no wonder that she now preferred comfort and pampered treatment, but any creature that had been raised to live and hunt on her own would hardly be helpless when faced with mischievous Bobi or solemn Chunk.
The question earned a brief tilt of his head in acknowledgment as he went back to stroking slow and gently down Mia's back. "Something like that, yes. Isuma is half-cat, half-owl, but she is still small and quite young. She would be no danger to this little lady." He glanced up at Sam from beneath his lashes, wondering if the bookmaker would put the information he had casually let slip together or not.
