[Percy frowns a little when she back up, but it's only one step and - well. Mrs O'Leary is really big] Man, that sucks. I'll make sure she doesn't try to lick you, or anything.

[Something like a smile quirks on her lips] She was a gift. It took the guy who trained her a couple hundred years to actually make her friendly, I think, but you don't really get more loyal than Mrs O'Leary. She showed up on the mainland a few months ago.