Dante smiled warmly to the child, a chuckle sounding from his curled smile "That's right, your firse -I mean, first words" He glanced up at the stairway again "Only wish your mother was down here to see it, though" As he spoke those words, his ears stood up as his animal instinct began kicked in, telling him someone was coming near the den, er- house. Going into a (subtle) defense, Dante began to sniffing the air lightly for the newcomer's scents, he  later identified that both scents were ones he recognized, one belonging to Melody, Kaori's supposed little sister, and Col, Melody's protector as well as Melody's supposed older brother. With both scents recognized, and therefore considered friendly, Dante stayed put and awaited their entrance, now the question was; what was it they needed?