"Well, I think it's useful, but not everyone does. It's not as helpful, as, say, bein' able to set things on fire with your mind. Or bein' able to lift things no human can lift." Amos shrugs. "That, an' my range is pretty limited. 'bout a half-mile, is all. People with more power can reach farther."

Amos is, on the general line of things, just barely on the scale of powers at all. The only sort who might be ranked below him would be people with no talents at all...and there are so many more who rank above him when it comes to terms of supernatural abilities. Amos is small beans, and he knows it, but he's content with it. He's useful enough and he likes what he can do. Animals are fascinating.

"I can't talk to the monsters, but the new birds they've brought in - I can talk to those. Anything that's just plain animal.... Once it starts getting on the monster scale, or if it's a shape-shifter, or if it's a magical animal, I can't talk to it. Which is really damn useful in sussing out they ain't actually animals, but not much past that." Amos has, on occasion, saved several missions and errands from being tricked into a trap by kitsune, or weres, or other assorted mythical creatures who only appear as harmless animals.