The reaction, oddly enough, is not so different from Diesel, just on a much, much smaller scale. There's so much enthusiasm, even if it feels like he could accidentally break her if he moves his hands wrong. He tries another, slightly firmer stroke from nape to the base of her tail, and shoots a small, slightly sheepish smile at Anders.

"It's got to be the beard, all the ladies love the beard." This is 100% not true.