<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 15px">Astor studied the creature a moment, unsure if he should take it at its word or not. The answer probably leaned more towards "not," but for now it would have to do. He sniffed and straightened out again, glad things hadn't needed to escalate from there. <br/>
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"Is there a name that I can call you? I'm not a fan of the traditional use of the term pet, especially under these circumstances." He punctuated his sentence by flicking one of the creatures ears. </span></span>