[It would get depressing fast.]

Not really. Lisa was my starter. Heather gave me Hazel's egg when I got here and later I adopted one of the many baby owls she found herself with, that I named Dahlia. Norman Bates was an egg that appeared and when Lisa ...my friend Lisa, vanished, she left me Cardinal.

I try to get out to train them now and then, but I'd rather not get involved in much collecting or fighting or most of the culture that revolves around animal fighting.

...I'd rather write.