"You just have to make sure they are comfortable and you aren't scary enough that they will scratch you if you push them too much," he shook his head fondly as he gazed down and caught hints of some scars left by a kitty for almost...ages ago. It's still pretty noticeable through his dress shirt that he had rolled up to his elbows paired with the usual pair of trousers.

"What if I told you that a quite a lot of animals, especially dogs are known to mirror how you feel?" he points out, literally with a pair of chopsticks aimed her way. "If you are excited, they become happy and if there's a negative emotion involved, they whine. Kind of like a 2 year old child."

"That said...I have seen and heard of the general group of phantom thieves but your group looks so much diverse. I don't want to pry at Aigis's situation just yet but I have to ask- what exactly prompted Koromaru to awaken? I only have distinct theories about awakenings so far so it makes me curious."