[Everett chuckles at the question about his family. Unfortunately there is a lack of diversity here, Everett is also from a sophisticated background, like many others here. Ironically, becoming a diplomat had been seen as lowly for him to pursue, stumble as he did into the role]

Not farmers, no, quite the opposite. The Vaughan's are an aristocratic family among the Springtide, for which I was adopted into. Our family crest is the rat, so we choose to raise the creatures as a matter of pride. [Spoon is taking items out from Reynir's pack and showing them to him, as if looking for approval of what he wanted to be fetched. Everett reaches to scratch the creature beneath an ear]

If you care for animals, you should stop by my bonded's animal clinic, sometime. He sees to all manner of creature he can. Us fauns are well suited to the task, seeing as we can speak and understand them fully.