[Well, the Griffin certainly accepts the admiration. He might even preen himself a little.]

Ah. You are a noble, then? [He's interacted less with those, although there are a few nobles who have been both knowledgable and open to learning.]

Of course not. I would not let myself be treated as some common pet. No, it was a statue of myself, the last thing I remember seeing. [He...doesn't quite remember where that statue came from, but he knows it was there.]