[quote=@Muttonhawk]
[@Lauder][@Slime][@Rtron]

Toun gave everyone he could a pet bird!! Now you're asking for puppies?! You spoilt kids! This is only going to escalate to tigers, ponies, cows, elephants, dragons, and before you know it you'll be wailing at our necks asking for pet Grots! And you know what happened last time there was a Grot, now, don't we?
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I don't think I was around by then to know what a Grot can do. And I don't see how a mechanical bird meant to violate the privacy of the main characters can be considered a gift.