Intelligent and/or talking animals. Yea or neigh?
I met this magician once whose familiar was a statue. Honest to god. Fuggin' statue. He could 'hear' it 'talk' to him.
What size statue?
Oh, *frowns* woman sized. And woman shaped. On a plinth. Have you ever heard something so creepily daft?
Neigh. I mean. Give me an intelligent horse and I'll serve as the best damn outrider you've ever seen.
I know some rocca who would love to speak to you, Helmine.
Quite open to the idea of talking animals, myself.
And someday the army'll decide to stay home and leave all the work to you. Or is that usual?
*looks a bit skeptical* About the statue, depends. Even ignoring the whole "supernatural help" angle: If it could observe what's going on around it, and its status was kept secret, and it was placed with some care, I can see how it might be useful as a spy.
Not that that wouldn't be true for, say, an intelligent pigeon, which would be... less immobile.
... My author is remembering some series of TV films in which of of the heroine's companions, and weapons, was a talking stone. It was useful beyond occasionally giving advice in that it returned after being thrown, if she remembers correctly.
Nah, I never saw it move or speak. He was just a pervy old man with a thing for stone cleavage.
I second the bit about Iceybuns.
If they leave all the work for me, I'd better be the queen after I win.
Suitov, you're on.
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I hear there's more outside. Why don't you go outside. [in that "this is not a suggestion" tone]
*goes to bother happier people*
Talking animals rule.
And are just as megalomaniacal as anyone else.
Says you.
She's right! Though nobody's as megalomaniacal as Sum-- ...uh, someone who's a megalomaniac.