"Ash. His name is Ash and we all have to be very gentle petting him because he's hurt." Ash didn't seem to care about his bandages, his injuries, his wrapped up paws, none of it mattered as he squirmed excitedly in Mick's hold, licking Hartley's fingers as soon as he got close. Teddy squealed in joy and reached out to pet too, though much more clumsy.

"Bear!" Teddy told Hartley as he pointed. It was fuzzy with two uppy ears and all things like that were bears.

"It's like a zombie." Axel commented dryly from where he was sitting safely away, head tilted as he looked it over. "Where's it gonna sleep?"

"On your bed, you can sleep in the hall."

"Leonard!" Axel whined as he pouted. "Mick's trying to kick me out again!"