Heart of steel starts to grow

Her saying brought an amused laugh, and he committed it to memory. A good lesson indeed. She seemed delighted that he was willing to come along, though he wondered how anyone in their right mind could go without catching some of her enthusiasm. He couldn't help it if he tried. Her scrutiny of him didn't go unnoticed, and he watched perplexed as her expression cleared, presumably taking with it whatever thoughts she had been following.

Unicorns and fairies? Well, that knocked out two that he had knowledge of. Dante's knowledge of the fantastic was somewhat limited, as tales from his homeland weren't exactly rife with the beasts. They contained more individuals and gods than anything else, but he had some ideas. "Well then. Griffons? Dragons?" He paused, thinking, then decided to throw in a little variety. No one said they had to be pleasant creatures. "Minotaurs? Or perhaps banshees," he said with a grin, picturing the two of them running about the Plateau shrieking. That would give the pack something to talk about for sure.