Oh. The surprise shows on his face. He'd thought -- well, he'd thought it some sort of peculiar Halloween prank in truth. A terribly early one. He frowns down at the box, peers back into the box a little hesitantly.

"A monkey's paw? I'm not sure I'd trust a wish granted by a monkey, it might have a sense of humour."

He lets out an awkward huff of amusement, carefully takes it out of the box. He's a mixture of horrified of fascinated, in truth, because -- well it is part of an animal but it's also magic.

"How does it work? I assume it's enchanted in some way -- that... Well, that you can't just kill a monkey and use it to start making wishes. Surely then everyone would do it?"