Meanwhile, Aiden gives the Librarian a brief rundown of his current project. Akhel-Teke horses, while now rare and costly, were once more widely distributed and said to the the origin of all modern thoroughbreds. Even Alexander The Great's Bucephalus was said to be an Akhel-Teke. But due to politics, war, and other factors, the breed dwindled down to a few thousand at it's lowest point, and only in the last half century has trade reopened, at high and selective costs.
He pauses to take a sip of tea, "I hope that I do not unduly bore you, but I promise, this is relevant. You see, I've been tracking - and financing expeditions - to look into not only the breed itself, but the potential that there are still wild remnants of the original herds in the deserts of Karakum, that may have - I hope! Fae ancestry, or even more, special abilities all their own."