H'most everybody here's got two partners. Can't hurt to be sure that's not somebody's lost partner, since some people have gotten separated in all that chaos, h'but if he says he's your partner, I'm pretty sure he's yours.

[He gives a small chuckle, although it sounds a bit weak.]

Also, h'you probably don't want to keep dangling him from his collar like that.

[That looks pretty uncomfortable to him.]