... My teammate, Wren, can communicate with animals, and control them. Another teammate, Sparrow, raised monsters and could battle them, and once tamed an otherworldly cosmic horror with pastries. Another, Bluebird, could directly communicate with birds, and often translated for the rest of us.

I may not be a Jedi, and I may not have those skills, but... I have picked up a few things. I know how they work.