[color=lightblue]"To be fair, we probably wouldn't have [i]given[/i] you a Stryx even if you had asked. It was more of a question about- nevermind."[/color] Emil sighed with an exasperated tone. To be honest, Emil hadn't expected to see such passion about anything other than drinking and whoreing from the young Baske boy. His words weren't entirely untrue either- the town was essentially defenseless when it came to the larger and more dangerous monsters, and they had to do something. Emil had just figured that it'd be someone else to decide to go figure it out. Maybe he had misjudged the Baske boy- or maybe Tristan was just batshit insane. 

He looked to his hired guard, [color=lightblue]"Ah, well, what do you suppose we do with them, Tork?"[/color] 

[color=khaki]"I still say lop off their hands and call it a night."[/color]

Emil shrugged, he didn't know why he had asked. Tork was always eager to make examples out of thieves- and very few thieves ever tried to steal from the Aviary, mainly because taking a Stryx wasn't quite like taking a horse. A horse, so long as you had the reins, a bit and saddle would follow instructions. A stryx? Not so much, bonding with the birds took some time- hell, not even Tork could climb onto Greytail's back without the bird trying to gore his face with its beak. Emil waved Tork away, who with a huff, shouldered his crossbow and began walking back to the house. Emil gestured at the barn that Greytail had come out of- its door still ajar. 

[color=lightblue]"Alright Baske, you want a place to stay, you can sleep in there. I'm fairly confident none of the Stryxes in that barn have developed a taste for human flesh yet."[/color] This was a bluff- in fact none of the Stryxes at the aviary had a taste for human flesh- one of the few perks of keeping them domesticated. They'd still claw and tear a man's arms and legs off, but they wouldn't eat him. [color=lightblue]"You too,"[/color] he added, looking at the other boy- though this time it felt less like an invitation and more like a forceful suggestion.

[color=lightblue]"Greytail will keep an eye on you guys tonight. Goodnight."[/color]