[ He'd like to think he asks the good questions. Get down to the meat of the issues and sink his teeth in. Or something. ]

I suppose, in a sense, I can understand. [ This is a tiny, tiny breakthrough. That he's even admitting he could possibly understand the benefits of animal companions is a strangely large step in Dorian's life. But, trust is important. So, so important. ] Trust is not an easy thing to bandy about; that it is mutual speaks well of you both. I've no true experience in the matter, but I have learned as well as been told that intelligent beasts such as canines have more of a discerning taste.

[ How anyone can be a better judge of anyone than he, Dorian just doesn't know. But, he's heard and seen stranger things. ]

Does he have a name?