[Ilphyl isn't going to tell the blind human (?) what he can and can't do. Presumably, he knows what he's doing, and it's not like Ilphyl themself hasn't done some stupid shit while unable to see.]

You found a friend.

[Sure, it looks like 'someone tried to draw a griffin when they had no idea what an eagle looked like, only that it was a predatory bird, and the only birds the person had seen were waterfowl'. On the other hand, it was probably a meat-eater, based on the beak, and big enough that Ilphyl's own posture has shifted to neither look like a threat nor prey. They also have a Speak with Animals spell ready just in case, since they aren't sure if this counts as a natural animal or not.]