Daryl's purring stopped being forced at some point between taking care of Ghoul's nose and getting to his ears. By then, he was relaxed enough and focused on his task that he was actually in a decent enough mood. It took a bit of time before he was satisfied enough to leave Ghoul's head alone. When he did, however, he laid down next to the pup, pushing his back into the kid's neck and let his eyes shut. It was getting close to time for his mid-night naptime as it was. A comfortable spot next to the warm walking puffball was as good as a tree for that.