"You've never just -- sat wiv a purring cat on your lap on a cold night, have you? Or seen the little Elliot around here wiv his dog."

Break is still petting the ferret, quite content. After a few more moments, she hops down to curl up in the crook of his elbow, feeling dozy.

"The value an animal can add to your life is worf it. It's not just responsibility, like Liam wiv his frog. You're interacting wiv anovver living creature, and that always means somefing."