Again, your generosity does you credit, and this I shall remember. Moreover, the wolf is a strong beast, as near nobility as can be found in the wilds, and that you have received such a blessing speaks well in your favor.

[Because surely this is how it works.]

Yet your words I cannot grasp, just as no man can grasp a ripple that flees across the water. If you are neither mortal nor god, then are you some manner of guardian — as Scamander is to the river that flows across the Dardanian plain and bears his name?