The cat creature stood up, and then stretched it's elongated body.
"What is that animal?" Ryan asked.
William looked at him, surprised. "You don't know what an Elfine is?"
"I'm not from here."
"Oh." William considered this. "Okay." He held out another piece of dried meat and Gale took it without moving from her spot, the long fangs did their work surprisingly quickly. "They are quite common. Most noble estates have one, or used to, as they are good for keeping away pests." He glanced at Ryan. "Gale belongs to one of the servants in the outer ward. Maren—she's been here since before I was born. But Gale sort of decided that the whole estate was hers about four years ago and nobody's argued with her about it."
Ryan looked at Gale.
"Even though she's big, she isn't even fully grown yet," William added.
Ryan looked at the fangs.
"Any bigger and she might eat you," he said.
