Answer:
They have not flesh, nor feathers, nor scales, nor bone. Yet they have fingers and thumbs of their own. What are they?
Scythe of darkness, Shadow’s light. Guiding eye of thirteenth sight.
You must keep this thing. Its loss will affect your brothers. For once yours is lost, it will soon be lost by others.
Always old, sometimes new. Never sad, sometimes blue. Never empty, sometimes full. Never pushes, always pulls.
A precious fluid, thicker than water.
Both old people and owls are said to be possessing this trait