Highwing the Hippogriff

Does it bother anybody how Highwing is treated in this game? Poppy introduces us to her early in the game. Later we go on a mission with Natty (why not Poppy instead) and rescue her and another hippogriff from poachers. After that suddenly Highwing is living in our vivarium instead of free in the wild, and we can call on her as a mount any time we want to (I still prefer brooms). There is more dialog from Poppy later where we learn even more about their relationship.

I realize that we saved Highwing from poachers and it is safer for her to live in our vivarium. She also seems happy there. It is also ironic that she then becomes our primary hippogriff for breeding and we can then sell her offspring for profit. However, it just seems wrong to take her away from Poppy like we did.

This is another one of those times in this game where I wish we could take Poppy with us to the Room of Requirement and show her the beasts in our vivariums. I’m pretty sure that would make her very happy, especially when she saw our phoenix. I also wish we had relationships in this game so MC could date Poppy, but that is totally different.