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[There's a kind of relief that washes over him at the sight of another person, even if it's someone he hardly knows. There's embarrassment there too at having made such a spectacle of himself, so much so that this near stranger had felt compelled to step in. He offers Joric a barely there smile, the best he can do to put on his regular smiling face.]

He didn't...do anything. I just...[He lets out a soft disparaging laugh and runs a hand through his hair before looking away.]

I have this thing. About dogs.