He takes the plate, stacking it with the first one and staring down at the boar pattern. It was strange to think of another boar knight, another time when the monsters and the animals were even further apart from each other. He takes a deep breath, letting out a long sigh.

"Have you been able to speak to them much?" he asks, gently tapping the boar with the tip of one claw so the ceramic makes a soft noise under his hand. "Do you... do you know what's happened to them?"