"Well, of course he will," Valentine agreed, bending over to inspect the puppy. It seemed very... doggish, didn't it?

"Here, and there, and he had better not eat my juggling balls, I must say, or we'll be talking to the lessor about allowing us to build a doghouse on the balcony, you know."

All of this was said with a grin on his lips. Naturally. It was difficult not to grin when there was a small, snoozy, wriggly sort of puppy invading one's home for the first time.