[ he almost barks a laugh but reins it in at the last second and just nods toward it, all ... what counts as a smile and jiggling as it looks between them. ] Er, well, give it a look. Unless it's pulling quite the fast one and it's going to attack later, which I doubt, [ HOW COMFORTING... ] it's all right.

There are a lot of them in here, though, what's that about? [ hypothetical. it's weird that they're not anywhere else, though. ]