Ian's eyes widened slightly in surprise at the princess' excited outburst, he may have asked an either or question that she responded to with a yes but he had a feeling she meant she wanted to hear about that Hundi, and so with a chuckle he started "Well, I suppose you know about the nature of my kind but you might be surprised to find that very few of us would even be considered knights, I'm actually the only Hundi knight I know of, I think it's because our view of 'knightly things' is a bit different from yours, it's a bit hard to explain but things you consider knightly, like Gilian's story about the griffin, is something you'd hear from any older Hundi. Maybe a better term would be adventurers, I'm sure you know of the journey we take to when we're sixteen, you've read about it in your book, my own has led me here. We seek out challenges to improve our skill, be it physical prowess or tactical ability, and, of course, to one day find a mate, and we do that through combat too, although...perhaps not always" He chuckled, smirking "obviously there's quite some time between one thing and the next and you have to get by somehow, that's why you mostly hear about Hundi as wandering mercenaries, was one myself until I came across the Iron Roses. But, like in Fireheart, some do find greater adventure" He paused for a moment "oh, and yes, most of us do like it when you pet our ears" he tipped his head forward a bit and twitched his ears as an invitation.
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