[Hyoga chews happily n the bone, barking cheerfully once as she pats him on the head. Shoes? What shoes? He has a new giant bone to chew, all for himself. Except that something is off with it and the animal stops chewing on it for a second as the animal thinks.

Ikki blushes very lightly on getting caught looking, until he reminds himself that he was just looking at the whole scene. Yeah, no need to be embarrassed... Though she didn't seem bothered by the staring, that's good, right? He smiles at her as she moves next to him.]

You have a gift with animals, don't you? Thanks, now I won't have to be going to get new shoes each two days.

[Meanwhile, Hyoga has decided to fix the problem with his new chewing toy by pushing it against Ikki's legs and rubbing it against him. Unfortunately this also cuts whatever Ikki was going to add.]

What the-?! Hey! What are you doing now?