Their attention was briefly caught by the sight of a large black creature dragging something out the door, then leaping directly onto the third floor balcony.
"It seems my daughter has some training to do with her new pet." The Elder noted.
Karl laughed. "I suspect the issue is that the relationship runs the other way. Shade views her as the pet, not him. So, when she didn't go where he wanted, he simply picked her up and moved her."
"You knew this would happen, didn't you?"
"From the moment that I started speaking with him, yes. But it's fine. They will work out an arrangement, just like all other ranger and beast pairs do. It's just that she has bonded with an especially strong Divine Beast, with an equally overbearing personality.
Trying to break him will only make him bitter and make life difficult for everyone involved.
