Black was able to eat remarkably quickly and had devoured all of the flesh on the animal now. He wasn't wasteful and ate everything, muscles and organs included. It wasn't gross to him at all; it was just food. Just before Kyralae asked her next question, he'd snapped off a rip and was making easy work of it. He took a pause though so he could answer her question. "He already has," Black responded. "One of the others, the squirrel anithrope named Skippy, came into possession of some strange object that has demons chasing him. I think he's interested to figure out what it is."<br/><br/>-------------------------<br/><br/>As Ijemaru was finishing up his soup he glanced over at Skippy, who was busy examining several objects of high value that had been in his pockets. He doubted any of those were what the demons were after. Just a moment later, the... boy, asked him a question.<span style="font-weight: bold">"I noticed you and that other guy seem to stay close to each other, did you meet before yesterday at the inn?"</span><br/><br/>Ijemaru gave the curious critter a smile. "No, that was the first time we'd met, but I made him my familiar so he doesn't have a choice but to stick around." He was about to ask his own question when the innkeeper woke up and stole the anithrope's attention away. After that the two elves returned and his own attention was drawn elsewhere. At the elven woman's words Ijemaru gave a slight smirk.<span style="font-style: italic">Black-blooded man.. or demon,</span>he thought, guessing at what she'd been about to say.<br/><br/>"They're out hunting together," he answered the girl... Black had called her 'Lysonna' hadn't he? "We can leave if we must. He'll follow, and I'm sure the dragon will come along if they're still together." Black was right in guessing there was magic in his seal that kept him from directly killing his master. There was also magic that didn't let him stray a certain distance away without permission. If they got too far separated the mark would compel him to move toward his master.