[Again a grin, this time echoed by a delighted chortle.] Well, mayhap I am no bird, but a sampling perhaps of what it might be like, mmm?

[Oh she meant physically speak, Maleficent... if we're talking about mind-to-mind, that was an entirely different beast, but one the gryphon could also resort to in a pinch. She was by no means the strongest mind speaker, but all gryphons had been granted at least a fragment of the Gift.

And you'd love that prattling bird in your head, darling. Certainly there would be times you'd wish him silent, by wouldn't you much rather year your most loyal than not? Well, so long as he wasn't a wolf again... her surely have nothing good to ramble about that.

She gurgles again and shakes her beak once, adjusting to the sudden shift in the currents. Her eyes are bright and curious as Maleficent explains what she did to her raven.]

You have such magic? [Little impressed. Little scared. It's a fine and realistic balance.]