[ That's a good question. Matthias' brows furrow as he considers, then, instinctively decides, ]

It may.

[ Although he wouldn't eat that or kill it. It's not a pet. He does not want to court the wrath of anyone by hurting their companion, he absolutely would go berserk if anyone so much as considered Trass a meal, even as a joke. ]

Small prey — like birds or rabbits? [ Pigeon meat, perhaps. He's had a lot of experience digging out winter rabbits lately. ] Trassel, [ with a nod to the wolf, whose ear flicks at his name, ] is used to dealing with bears, when we found them on the ice, at home.

[ But they both hunted very human shaped prey. ]

He can manage anything reindeer-sized or smaller.