Episode XII - From The Field Guide

Grymley - Fetid birds are these and often of foul mood as well, particularly when there is diseased and rotted flesh to be had. We encountered many of these beasts during our sojourn on various rocky islands. They became excited when one of our party became ill, screeching in anticipation of our poor colleague’s demise. To be sure, they have a most elegant gait. This particular beast was surprised and strangled so that it could be recorded for the record of Natural Philosophy to show how each beast is the manifestation of divine intervention, created spontaneously from the dust.

It is decreed that among our duties is to keep a record of the Natural History of the lands that we visit, taking particula note of beasteries that have cunning fur and feather and tooth and claw to be used for the enrichment of our sacred master. And, so this is from Field Guide IV.