[One more kiss, and then Ash gets up so he can shift more comfortably. There's a beat, and then suddenly an Irish setter with vague butterfly patterns on his coat stands in place of Ash.]
[There is a thought occurring, but he's going to maybe file that away for later since it'll involve a question he's going to actually want an answer from Ash when he asks it.
[Ash lets this happen for a while, fully content to just lie there, but eventually he gently puts a paw on Pat's hand to get him to stop. He's good. Can he shift back?]
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... You know, tesoro, this might be a bit of an odd suggestion, but hear me out: what if you tried transforming instead?
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You think it'd help?
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[It's a sign that he's stressed as fuck that he's not protesting.]
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[Considering he is in fact actually promising, he's clearly pretty serious about it.]
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[But first a kiss! He can't kiss you as a dog, after all.]
And you know you don't have to actually promise, yeah?
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I know, but I figured it'd be more reassuring if I did.
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[One more kiss, and then Ash gets up so he can shift more comfortably. There's a beat, and then suddenly an Irish setter with vague butterfly patterns on his coat stands in place of Ash.]
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Alright, let's give this a try, yeah?
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The dumb dog brain is fast with this one.]
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There we go, this is definitely better, huh?
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He does move to press closer to Pat to make the pets easier, though.]
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You know you can lay in my lap, if you want.
[Not like he has anywhere to be!]
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He is now just deadweight. Enjoy]
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There are so many pets happening right now.]
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In the meantime, pets and scritches!!]
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Oh. That was nice.
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It really did help, then?
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