“How would Ponlig even know about that?” I-han protested, glaring at Professor Thunderstep with suspicion.

He wondered if the professor was just teasing him. How could a griffon possibly know he had ridden a pegasus?

“Of course, it would know. Don’t underestimate a griffon’s sense of smell; it’s not just any sense. Especially when it comes to a species like a pegasus,” the professor replied dismissively, as if I-han’s question was absurd.

Just as a pegasus could sense honor and integrity in a person, a griffon could detect whether its master had been near another mount. If it was some …