[Straylor Leonard]

As the candlemark passed, Straylor had little idea that he was spending a great amount of time with the creature. Until, of course, the gryffin snapped at him. "Whoa", he said as he quickly backed off from the winged beast. Thankfully, her trainer was closeby and managed to restrain the beast with a single command.

"Thank you, that was wonderful", he said while smiling sincerely, "I must admit that I never expected them to be more eagle-like than lions. I always thought that they were more cat-like. But they are definately more aerial beings than I previous understood." He nodded to himself mostly before continuing, "I also noticed that they are deeply intelligent. The calming effects of my spell works best with sentient creatures who can grasp the concept of peace and trust. Gryffins definately have a deeper sense of oneness, especially yours. I must commend your friendship with her."