"Look, I'm not telling you not to go--I'm just asking you not take me. Here, lemme off on the deck by the pool and we'll be cool. And thank you for the rescue, again."

He gives her a scritch between the ears, because all doggos need that. His cousin Chevonne has dogs as a divine animal, and her companion (a barghest named Chuckles) taught Bash how to treat dogs right.