[ Rafa looks up. His eyes flick uncertainly towards the raven, and he steps closer to Ronan. He looks unnerved, and for a moment does not answer at all. Then he seems to realise how strange this is, and refocuses on the boy. ]

A daemon. So that is what this is? It looks...all too real.

[ But it's not real, that's the thing. It doesn't smell like a bird, even if it looks like one. And it certainly doesn't have a heartbeat he can detect. ]

I have seen nothing like this. You are saying it works like a phone? How?