[Hawke takes pity on her and steps forward to pick her up. He knows his dog, though, and he realizes what it was that finally motivated her to jump into the water. So he turns and holds her out to Anders. She looks even smaller than usual held in his hands, her considerable fluff plastered to her skinny little puppy body by the water. She pants and whines at Anders but otherwise holds very still, as she's learned this seems to be the best method to encourage head pets from him.]
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[Excuse you!]
She's much cuter than a rat. Aren't you, Pearl?
[Hawke takes pity on her and steps forward to pick her up. He knows his dog, though, and he realizes what it was that finally motivated her to jump into the water. So he turns and holds her out to Anders. She looks even smaller than usual held in his hands, her considerable fluff plastered to her skinny little puppy body by the water. She pants and whines at Anders but otherwise holds very still, as she's learned this seems to be the best method to encourage head pets from him.]
Look, she came to see you.