Pepper chirped and hopped into Isiah's hand, fluttering his wings and twittering happily
"Oh-no, i-it's not like that-I-I'm just protective of Pepper because well-he's my familiar..."
Pepper closed his eyes, leaning into the touch and cooing a tiny bit
"Ok-well, every wood elf has a familiar-the stronger your powers are, the bigger and stronger your familiar is-whichhh makes sense, cuz my power's not very strong-you get your familiar when you're little-they just sort of...come to you. I caught Pepper falling out of a nest when he was a baby-and he's been with me ever since. We have a telepathic bond-I can't exactly understand what he's saying, but our emotions are tied to each other-he can feel what I'm feeling, and vise versa..."