Something like summons rather than pets, actually.

[ he's got an open book in his hands that he didn't have previously, so VA is welcome to extrapolate from there.

the tiny angel creature decides to chirp at VA as well in greeting. ]

Back home, it was one way my powers manifested. My guess is that with the shards and my connection to the Harmony cut off while we're in this world, while I'm able to summon a limited number of them, they're not able to do much.