Aww! Levi was a city-dweller and a little soft. He's fed stray cats out of his own lunchbox before. This one is clearly a well-kept pet and has wings, but it's the same body language. He scratches behind the ears gently, strokes the back of the neck down to the shoulders, and then just sits still to let his shoes be inspected.

"Well, leather's just animal skin when it comes down to it. And they are predators. Little tiny ones."

"Consistency is similar to dry chalk," he says, and offers Mantis one of the pencils to look at. "It's pretty forgiving to draw with, as long as you control where the smudges happen. Good for sketching. You can block out a lot of space with not too much effort. You draw at all?"