The mysterious group that likes Gary's new companion, though he refuses Orren's attempt to learn anything more about them.
Within his relationship metaphor, Growler Gary says his family approves of the woman teaching him new things. Orren immediately asks him to elaborate, but Gary says he must be in the right mood and closes the subject.
The refusal leaves the family's identity, nature, and influence concealed even while Gary treats their opinion as important.
The family is referenced only in conversation and receives no physical description.
The group is an unresolved clue to the liberated Primal's wider relationships and motivations.