[It's not exactly that Ginti's seen some shit, because he's kind of in a nebulous spot with regards to that - he's seen relatively little, but he knows what other people have seen. At the same time, he's also traveling with someone claiming to be a literal dragon and he's always prided himself on not being human himself. So it's less "understanding" and more "...no room to talk, really", but the effect is more or less the same.]

Yeah, I'd guess so - animals are smart as hell, half the time they're better than people. But it gives you an advantage if you know what they're saying, right?