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"Hey, this is Claude! Pretty sure I'm doing this correctly. You can leave me a message here, and I'll get to it as soon as I can. Talk to you soon~."

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vrdantwind

Entirely possible. I've heard that Almyra was the first country to truly tame them, and they have the longest history of wyvern-riding being a major aspect of their culture, so presumably they'd be the ones to have records of what the very first tamed wyverns were like...but they're also a country with a strong oral tradition. Such records likely wouldn't exist in written form - or, if they did, they were probably written up centuries after the actual events by scholars concerned with more material records, and who knows what changes or omissions to that knowledge might have occurred before it was ever committed to paper.

[Claude isn't quite sure how much he wants to tell Geralt about himself, including the fact that he himself is Almyran. Not necessarily because he thinks Geralt would - or could - use that information against him, but because Claude has some friends he hasn't really...told the truth about himself yet. He doesn't want a careless word from someone who doesn't know who has or hasn't been told to reach their ears.

Not that Geralt really lets many words at all past his lips, careless or otherwise...but the best guard for a secret is one's own self. If Claude controls the information, he doesn't have to worry about such things at all.]

His name is Mori. It means 'horse' in an ancient language. Which, well...I named my horse Wyvern. I thought it was funny back when I was a kid...okay, I admit, it's still funny. Especially the looks on people's faces when I tell them that.

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lovelybottom

I have known of some oral traditions to be remarkably well preserved through generations, that's a discussion you'd likely prefer to have with the bard. It is something of his wheelhouse.

[When talking about stories and songs that get passed down from person to person, it's probably best to consult with the person whose literal job it is to make said stories and songs. Jaskier would have studied this kind of thing at Oxenfurt, though Geralt has no idea how much of it he retained; the witcher is aware that Jaskier spent, for instance, his geography courses with a demijohn of vodka hidden behind the textbook. And this is why he doesn't consult Jaskier for directions.]

[Claude named his horse Wyvern and his wyvern Horse. Geralt, a man who has named every single horse he's owned after a fish, finds this amusing.]

One of my brothers has named all of his horses Horse. All of mine are named after a fish. I would have little room to criticize your naming conventions.

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vrdantwind

Hah! Your brother sounds less than inventive...or perhaps scared of getting too attached to his mount. But what about your horses? Can I ask why a fish?