"Perhaps you should," Faolan considers. "I've already helped with bathing her, might as well give me the full picture of it. Life with Dog." What other troubles can you come up with to put me through to try and unsuccessfully change my mind in wanting to be there with you, Faolan thinks but does not say aloud. He's only just got him laughing again after all.

"Believe it or not, I have faced more precarious situations," he replies instead. "I think you'll find me more than up to the challenge."