He took their answering calls to be a good thing, even though he hadn't the talent for conversing with other people's familiars.

"Well, I already sent Capricius and Horus to look for the symbol... I was just sort of.. waiting for them to return." Which kind of sounded ... lame. His familiars were getting to have the lion's share of the fun just now.

"It's a large surface for them to cover, and once they find it.... well I'd like to have a look at it myself."