( Collette cocked her head to the side, blinking at the request. )

< If you want to! Can't say so many people think to ask. Oh, when you do, scratch behind the ears. Those are way harder to scratch with a hind leg than you might think! >

( That said, she holds herself still so that Drift can indulge in his dog petting urge. She divorces the reality from thinking back onto equivalents; she has to. It's how she can offer people rides, or play the true canine, up to and including the rather gross business of licking faces and defecating in carefully concealed public.

A girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do... )