The dog-thing gives no sign it understands, though it does. Its continued attention is not hostile, at least, only watchful.
With Lirael's attention on the dog, Kai reaches up with one hand as if to rub at his right eye. It's a more convenient pose than simply shutting it, as people have misinterpreted that as winking in the past. Through his left eye, he can see — some sort of magic, he thinks. Not a type he's familiar with, not set or contained in array of sigils, except, perhaps, something shining from behind her hair, on her forehead. He can't see it clearly.
The biggest thing is that she either isn't a demon, or is an entity so far above his paygrade it doesn't matter. Kai lowers his hand, and steps around the cart to put it on the dog's head.
"Why don't you assume public behavior protocols for a while?" The question-as-command again. The dog immediately perks up, the ears in the right position, the tail starting to wag. It's not one hundred percent genuinely dog-like, but it's much better than before.
"I'm just going to see if I can get a message back to where I came from," he adds vaguely for Lirael's benefit, though he assumes and intended for the dog to be distracting. It creeps forward, eager but cautious to sniff at Lirael.
someone should play D. Dog for sure
With Lirael's attention on the dog, Kai reaches up with one hand as if to rub at his right eye. It's a more convenient pose than simply shutting it, as people have misinterpreted that as winking in the past. Through his left eye, he can see — some sort of magic, he thinks. Not a type he's familiar with, not set or contained in array of sigils, except, perhaps, something shining from behind her hair, on her forehead. He can't see it clearly.
The biggest thing is that she either isn't a demon, or is an entity so far above his paygrade it doesn't matter. Kai lowers his hand, and steps around the cart to put it on the dog's head.
"Why don't you assume public behavior protocols for a while?" The question-as-command again. The dog immediately perks up, the ears in the right position, the tail starting to wag. It's not one hundred percent genuinely dog-like, but it's much better than before.
"I'm just going to see if I can get a message back to where I came from," he adds vaguely for Lirael's benefit, though he assumes and intended for the dog to be distracting. It creeps forward, eager but cautious to sniff at Lirael.