"Oh boy. Where do they live, climatewise?"

"Forests a little cooler than this, mostly. There's a couple of subspecies that would like it here if there were more trees, but they really don't like being out in the open."

"Are wolves or tigers or anything going to bother them?"

"I can't say it never happens, but they're pretty good at taking care of themselves. And that's at home, wolves have to be pretty hungry to decide to bother a unicorn herd."

"Ours won't know that."

"Unicorns aren't vicious or anything, they won't hurt them letting them know."

"Oh, good. I know a wolf person and he gets attached."

"Wolves are great, yeah," she beams. "-no, don't worry, sweetie, I won't bring any here."

"Wouldn't really fit in on the savannah."

"Yeah, she's not hearing the difference between wolves and wild dogs, I don't think. - no, she just says she doesn't want any strange dogs here either, she's just convinced the baby not to try to play with the ones you have." Pat pat.

"How are you doing that exactly -"

"Magic! Want to try it?"

"Talking to elephants magic? Uh, yes."

She tosses down a plant fiber necklace with a red stone elephant pendant. "It'll work with whoever, no reason to limit you to these guys."

"I just wear it?"

"Yup! It's easiest for them to understand you if you speak aloud and you'll be able to understand them back just fine."

She puts on the necklace. "Hi, Upendi."

Upendi reaches out to snuffle her hand, and this clearly means 'hi, I like you'. She shifts her weight and where she's looking, and that means 'the little ones want to get to chase your flying drone more often'.

"Oh! I can call the drone now if they want."

That would be really good!

She summons the drone, which leads the little elephants hither and yon.

It's adorable, and the adults are happy to watch.

"You've done really well with them. I'm starting to wonder if my druids aren't relying a little too much on magic, seeing all the stuff you've managed here without it."

"Well, you're low-tech, right?"

"Yeah, and that's definitely part of it. But there's no reason we couldn't do pictures, and that doesn't need a druid at all."

"That took us a while to figure out too."