When Whiskers crawls out of the Wizard's robe, Toot's eyes grow huge. Even though she was disgustingly pretty, Shanna was truly and surprisingly becoming one of Toot's favorite people. If he could only get her to part with some of her special paper she'd be (almost) perfect. She was still one of the big folk and not a Jermlaine.
"Y... you not say you rat friend," Toot whispers quietly enough so he doesn't scare the rat he was talking to. "Me asked what skills you had and you not mention your companion!" That was almost unforgivable - almost. BUT Toot was so happy to see a "familiar" face [see what I did there?
] He peed himself, just a dribble. "What rat name? Rat certainly welcome to make friends as long as other rat not be territorial."
[OoC: Rats apparently are territorial. See quote below. A familiar is more intelligent so it could probably resist its natural instincts but the wild rat would likely be aggressive if Whiskers got too close.]
"Y... you not say you rat friend," Toot whispers quietly enough so he doesn't scare the rat he was talking to. "Me asked what skills you had and you not mention your companion!" That was almost unforgivable - almost. BUT Toot was so happy to see a "familiar" face [see what I did there?

[OoC: Rats apparently are territorial. See quote below. A familiar is more intelligent so it could probably resist its natural instincts but the wild rat would likely be aggressive if Whiskers got too close.]
Quote:This applies to both groups of males and females. However, rats are territorial animals, meaning that they usually act aggressively or scared of strange rats. Rats will fluff up their hair, hiss, squeal, and move their tails around when defending their territory.