He nodded, "Oui, well, don't t'ink you got much a choice in t'matter. T'ey're not like pets, we're like pets t't'em, actually. Shadows way more smart den any people I know." And he knew some pretty fantastically intelligent people. "Ah, non, dunno actually. Dunno if it stayed home wit' Logan or got lost on its way here, but Bounder ain't here righ' now, prolly why I got so much excess on me."