"Fair enough! Candlekeep is... while not the oddest place to be found, it certainly is an interesting place I've discovered." Maybe he'd tell some idle tales of the oddities he'd been involved in within it's walls if the conversation meandered on long enough. The children would certainly enjoy the stories he was sure.

And the minor argument over the existence of peacock gryphons just had him smiling as he accepted Loki's and then Agnarr's handshakes. Pawshakes?

"There are indeed! Sometimes you'll find a Summer noble with one as a loyal steed but otherwise they are temperamental creatures at the best of times. Loki isn't wrong though... and even if something didn't exist, give a wizard enough time and inclination and they could probably change that little detail."