If applying with a sapient or sentient creature as your animal companion (counted as one of your three items), then the creature can only speak and be understood by its owner. To other characters and NPCs, it will only be able to communicate through simple gestures or noises such as emoticons, squeaks, animal noises, etc. They can retain their abilities to aid their owners, so long as their powers are also listed within the character's application power section so mods can check them.
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If applying with a sapient or sentient creature as your animal companion (counted as one of your three items), then the creature can only speak and be understood by its owner. To other characters and NPCs, it will only be able to communicate through simple gestures or noises such as emoticons, squeaks, animal noises, etc. They can retain their abilities to aid their owners, so long as their powers are also listed within the character's application power section so mods can check them.