The Eevee followed Mary as she sat down on the couch in Mycroft's living room. She stroked the creature's head while he prepared the tea. "I've never had a pet," she said, "unless you count my horse. Papa has had various dogs, but they were always expressly his, not really family pets."
Mary wasn't a huge animal person. They tended to be dirty and a lot of work, as she had learned when she had to work with some of the pigs on one of the farms at Downton. The bird was nice though. It tended to stay clean and not make a huge mess. "Am I supposed to be training her?"