[ A quick grin is what he offers to the matter of Hilda and compliments, but he lets it go. Maybe he can recruit Claire into those efforts, but it'll have to wait since the surprised expression crossing over his face regarding the Pookas being in the woods is quite real. ]

Wait, so it's not that they're staying with you but that they're part of the woods now?

[ It means sense, sort of. Even the Demonic Beasts had liked to gather in the forests near Garreg Mach - he still remembers when they'd gone to find the Wandering Beast of the legends. The monsters he'd encountered around the Free Cities didn't seem the type to leave much peace behind, but maybe the Pookas don't either.

Something to consider since when the server returns with their teas so those can start steeping, Claude busies himself with that. ]

Then again, I suppose someone could have the same reaction to us having a baby wyvern around the loft which would be fair enough. We could absolutely show you a few in the Horizon, though. Hilda created the aerie from our academy and we filled it with some of our favorite wyverns. If you'd like, that could also come with a flying lesson or two.