Or like, a skill called Inception. The ability to plant an idea in a butterfly/piggy/chicken's mind, that they think is their own, to follow you to a specific location. It could be a Meditation spin-off.
A butterfly net exists (or existed) in some form. Do a search on the auction page and you'll see that it comes up. Image is here: c2.glitch.bz/items/2011-04-...