All manner of beasts, yes, but horses are the more easily tamed.

Ah. Then forgive me for sounding macabre - and yes, my 'communicator' is a book. It is attempting to teach me manners. It's only partially successful. I think it's failing to grasp contextual variations of social interaction.

...which is to say I'm an outspoken ass with too much time on my hands, but only to those I feel deserving of a bit of verbal pugilism.