Just consulted the Elves asking if there was anything more that we should know about Rhyl and his presence in this domain.
General concensus was:
1) The lil fella shouldn't be here, and
2) For some reason they now want me to buy them Tennis rackets?
Picked up a line about Well at least there's not a swarm of them.
Then I got a whole lecture about the difference between a pet and a familiar.
The bit I picked up was something about a pet is something you look after but a familiar you can see through his eyes and hear through his ears.
So then I asked whether they have any familiars. Apparently they only have pets. Oh really asks me innocently. Can I see them.... The look sort of told me all I needed to know about what... Or more who... The pet is.
So tell us more about Rhyl and why Elves are not scared of the lil fella even though he quite litterally appears to be a pocket sized, nosey, airborn, rippy fish that does his mistresses bidding without question.
Glad that you're the one asking her questions and not me matey.
Whats that River?.... Oh, apparently they think that Nymeria should be the one asking questions about who exactly Rhyl is intended to be spying on as more Drow fall to familiar blades in their back than Elvish blades in their front.... Why do even Elves simple statements from Elves sound like proverbs?
Right, I'm off to talk to them again to discuss the logistics of this tennis racket idea of theirs....
Laters,
Shamus.
Oh... Arachne is not impressed with the tennis rackets... I had to explain that one to her, showed her a video clip, and... Livid doesn't even begin to describe... If I knew what she were saying I'm sure I'd be learning every vulgar word the drow have ever come up with. Long story short, I think there are only two things she loves more than Rhyl: Herself, and above that, Lolth.
I'd get her to expand on things, but I think she'd currently get banned if she posted anything right now... But, I've asked her about Rhyl outside of that staged interview and can answer some of it. He's not a pet, and he's not a familiar. She regularly uses the term 'companion' for him. I guess she came across him in the Underdark and befriended him with some lizard meat. I feel like there's more to it than than, but she hasn't said anything more to me yet. I think he literally is a companion to her, a friend. She doesn't need him to sneak around and do reconnaissance. I'm pretty sure the shadows she hides in make more noise than she does... Or maybe human ears are just terrible compared to larger elvish ones. She does use him as an ally in combat and apparently he has become much tougher than most of his kin. In the wild they are known to hunt in groups, zapping their target with a frost ray while remaining out of reach until their target succumbs.
What I don't know is how he flys, exactly. He just floats in the air. Arachne says its his innate magical ability and I guess it must be true. I also don't understand his anatomy. He seems to be just a mouth, eye, and eye stalks. Put a brain in there and I don't get how there's much more space left for anything else, and yet I've seen him basically unhinge his jaw and eat an entire meatball in one bite.
Oh, and he LOVES spheres.
Arachne wants me to pass along threats to each and every one of your elves, but, she says, specifically River. Probably because you mentioned her name... To paraphrase, River can look forward to a drow blade in her back when she runs after witnessing what Arachne does to her friends. Arachne was a lot more specific. And graphic. And long winded. One quote I think I can use is 'you can insult me, you can try and harm me in combat, but you do not hurt Rhylqualyn or you will face the full force of my wrath!'
I think I lost my appetite.
{Out of Character: For clarity, Shamus, I hold absolutely no ill will towards you or your elves. This is all narrative in good fun and I always look forward to your posts here.
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would the risk be too much 
