[More surprises from this one; a man who didn't see war as a favorite past time.]

Perhaps there are other Night Furies here if they chose to find elsewhere to live.

[She could give him a small hope for that, if nothing else. That he didn't seem inclined to follow to the lines of 'us vs them' that the courts seemed to prefer made her think more kindly of him -- not that she didn't already enjoy the company of him and his dragon.]

Ah, yes. The lockets. I was told they were for communication, but I've always preferred scrying bowls myself. Are these to be trusted?