It's my shikigami. [ Which would be all he really needed to explain at home, but his experience here has been quite the opposite, so he adds-- ] A spirit I can summon. He's been with me for a long time.
[ Tame for him and his, but not so much for anyone he's decided is a threat. And while these days he mostly turns to his shikigami when trouble is incoming, he was a little more liberal about summoning as a child, because having a spirit dog buddy that only other sorcerers can see is pretty excellent when you're also the kind of kid who doesn't like hanging around people in general. ]
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[ Tame for him and his, but not so much for anyone he's decided is a threat. And while these days he mostly turns to his shikigami when trouble is incoming, he was a little more liberal about summoning as a child, because having a spirit dog buddy that only other sorcerers can see is pretty excellent when you're also the kind of kid who doesn't like hanging around people in general. ]