[ Alex's lips twitch in a smile as Crow preens under the attention, beak open in an avian grin and his tail in the traditional feline question mark of greeting, twirling a little on the spot. ]

He's a church griffin. I actually originally was going to call him Poe, after the author, but my youngest sister said I was an idiot for naming an all-black griffin 'Crow' and had me arguing to defend the name she chose for him for so long that by the time I realized it, going back to my first choice wasn't an option. [ Antimony Price is a walking force of chaos and far too skilled of a manipulator for someone without any mind-control powers to speak of. ]