"I sincerely doubt that. My shortest horn is four inches, and it looks like it is significantly longer than yours."
You grabbed the harness before descending, and you reattach it to your lusus, who takes the interruption to his bath with good forbearance. You're lucky that the species chosen for the jadeblood variant of the lusus fluke were all selected for their intelligence: if he was an actual meowbeast, then getting him to lead you in the dark like this might be difficult.
But he is quite intelligent, moreso than even many of his peers. "We're going to Hinnom's hive," you tell him, and he climbs to his feet, leading you down the sewers. You can barely see more than a few inches ahead of you, even with Sipara's lusus's light.
"What sort of lusus is that?" You take the opportunity to look back at him. He's resting on her wrist, burning steadily away, but the flame isn't generating any heat you can feel - and if Sipara feels any discomfort, she shows no sign. "Is he a firebird? I've never seen one so, ah.. diminutive."
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You grabbed the harness before descending, and you reattach it to your lusus, who takes the interruption to his bath with good forbearance. You're lucky that the species chosen for the jadeblood variant of the lusus fluke were all selected for their intelligence: if he was an actual meowbeast, then getting him to lead you in the dark like this might be difficult.
But he is quite intelligent, moreso than even many of his peers. "We're going to Hinnom's hive," you tell him, and he climbs to his feet, leading you down the sewers. You can barely see more than a few inches ahead of you, even with Sipara's lusus's light.
"What sort of lusus is that?" You take the opportunity to look back at him. He's resting on her wrist, burning steadily away, but the flame isn't generating any heat you can feel - and if Sipara feels any discomfort, she shows no sign. "Is he a firebird? I've never seen one so, ah.. diminutive."