Inexperienced players who foolishly think hit die and bab are everything.

He’s been running around, fighting. There are certain feedback loops that generally result in that and he could lean to one side or the other.
Besides, eww.

Danalach has a lot of fireball power, at least. She just wasn’t free to use it. I don’t know how that would translate into physical dexterity and power. We may find this familiar has a weird minmax skill set, and is utterly useless at things that other familiars can do.

She appears to be near swooning over Dana’s familiar. Look out, Dana, lest the good doctor steal him away… for clinical study of course.

This certainly explains why he looked so annoyed with her. She said ‘do something’, and he did. I hope Dana demonstrates some gratitude, now that she’s been enlightened.

I think the familiar falls into the “taken” category, judging by Dana’s expressions.

Extra bonus points for the Flash Gordon movie reference.