Oh, I have lots to tell you! To begin with, they actually are carved from a magical tree, which means you start out having a bond with them-

[And Luz will go on, of course, as she is wont to do. Varian was still figuring out where his place was going to be in this world, the least Luz could do was give him the time and the nudging to figure that out.

And who knew, maybe she could even help find him a job while he was settling in]?