He's not completely sure if Rey is joking or if she's completely serious - maybe a combination of both - but either way, he doesn't think that sounds like an impossibility. A creature that can turn into anything it wants? It's something else.

"Maybe. It was well protected, seeing as it survived whatever wiped out the people here. But we can only speculate."

Since there was no information about it.

He shakes his head, and idly lifts a hand to run it over the stag's neck.

"What's your name?" he asks, turning his gaze back to Rey. "I am Connor."