[Well, that's not unexpected. There are always those who will volunteer to give it their all. They're the ones people rely upon the most in times of trouble when the lords need troops or the townspeople need protection.

He nods and then has to really think about what this guy says next. The bird and baku can talk to anyone using...psychic powers?]

So. You're not a sage, but you got powers, and you can talk to your animals and some of them can talk to anyone.

[Yeah.

That makes zero sense to him.]

Huh.

[Wait. Isn't this what that pink-haired kid was talking about?]

Do they turn into humans, too?