This is juicy. Great job.
I wonder if he'll be strictly a tapir or a baku. The tapir already seem to have baku powers so likely that... Still, I can't believe I never noticed the connection, not to Matías but to the Hinterlands, as I've had a dream with a baku and immediately upon seeing the book my mind went to that. I guess because it was before Hinterlands III and learning about the twelve...
Oh man, I cannot wait to meet our author friend now. Or for Robert to meet him.
Luke mentions dreaming about his brother and how well he's been sleeping. I wonder if that has any connection, as baku are known to eat nightmares. Maybe a blessing left by a tapir, if it doesn't involve Matías Hmmm.