"Yes! You sure can. Yer already doin a good job investigatin' for all us other people who can't smell as good as you. Investigatin' being' different from wandering, 'specially if dogs do it."

Nene nods at this, self-assured. She also chances a scritch of the newly re-appeared dog ears. They're the same ears he had before, sure, but before, he wasn't mostly human.

Huh. Actually, she wonders. He wouldn't be human at all, per se, if he can... un-dog at will. Can he smell better than she can? Does he realize how /cute/ those ears are?

So many questions.

"Yer lady'll be back soon. I'll stay with you s'long as I can. Y'know why? Yer a good dog."

And all that comes out is puppy talk. Of course.