"We do. Sometimes they surprise us by revealing they're not mere at all. It's better to be courteous." He glances over the equid again and hooks his thumbs into his belt.

"I had a mount called Huey as a kid - as a child, I mean." Huey had been a great pebble-skinned lizard. Luke suspects there aren't the like here. "He was totally average for his kind, but he saved my life once. Another reason to be careful, I guess."