[Keith nods, watching the canines as he relaxes by degrees. They're doing fine. With the larger canine settles down on the ground.] Yeah, I think I heard them called 'cosmic wolves?' I've never seen another one. We met when he was a puppy.

[He scratches at the scar on the right side of his face. It still itches sometimes.] I didn't expect to run into a wolf in space.