That gets a bit of a smile from him, even as he absently flexes his injured hand. "I haven't tried him with them, though I suppose as small as he is, being up on a horse or a wagon is plenty high enough. But no, no griffon riding yet for me. I'd like to, and I probably should practice. But I also worry that bonding to any one of them in particular might make for complications when I'm caring for the others." He doesn't know griffons that well yet, but it's already been clear that territorial concerns can come into play under certain circumstances.

"Then again," he adds. "If we have the ability to spread them out a bit more, maybe it will be less of a concern. Early days, I suppose. I asked the seneschal about the possibility of acquiring more texts and he said he'd put it on a list, but I'm a bit concerned about how many lists that man has."