[She nods; she understands even if she's never really had a pet, even if she will never be able to have one at home.]

Humans are supposed to hate me. I don't know why they don't here. People's pets don't hate me, either--things are just different here. I don't have the guts to, you know, try to pet any of the animals or anything. But it's nice they don't freak out so much around me. My warden's got two dogs, and he keeps 'em away from me mostly, but they've never tried to bite when they see me. Neither does Iris's dog.

[Only if she moves into their space, into their cabin, which she tries not to do.]