Minor additional point, not crucial but a bit jarring when I read it; a dagger any bigger than a throwing knife would be very difficult for a crow to lift; it's not a matter of where it grips it, it's a simple matter of weight ratios. Daggers in-game weigh a pound - a one pound bird would be hard-pressed to lift its own weight again for any real distance.
Carillon comes home and checks the forums and goes to find Darkstorme, taking him to task on this oversightCarillon: You're wrong about the dagger, you know.
Darkstorme: What dagger?
Carillon: The one the crow carries.
Darkstorme: No ... that's the point. The crow cannot carry a dagger.
Carillon: Sure it can. It could grip it by the haft.
Darkstorme: It's not a question of where he grips it! It's a simple question of weight ratios! A five ounce crow could not carry a one pound dagger!
The biologist in Carillon pauses.Carillon: Full grown crows are about a pound ...
Darkstorme: It was an immature crow.
Carillon: Oh, alright then.
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Several hours later ....Darkstorme: Look, it doesn't matter. It was just a minor point.
Carillon: Wait a minute! It could be carried by a Voltrexian crow!
Darkstorme: Oh, yeah, a Voltrexian crow maybe, but not a Dregarian crow. That's my point.
Carillon: Oh, yeah, I agree with that.
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Later that evening, Carillon pokes Darkstorme awake ...Carillon: Supposing two crows carried it together?
