[The Vulphyte cub chirps and runs a small, raspy tongue against those fingers.]

Possible. [echoed, amused and fond and exasperated at once. a combination of states that should be impossible and yet is managed well by eli vanto.] We can do something about the habits and the discomfort. Malice, however — [He trails off, concerned.] — that I'm not so sure what we can do about.