Quoth the raven...

...what the raven actually quoth was 'Ek!Ek!Ek!' followed by a duck and shuffle of the neck and a quick grab at the fingers of the person who was unwise enough to try to tickle him.

He appeared in Benedict St this afternoon. His name is Bran and he comes from the local falconry: his keeper has been showing him around town as a publicity exercise. We might be hiring him for a ritual at some point. He is a wily, clever bird, like most ravens, and capable of working out the combination lock to h...