Climbing so he straddled Howl's lap, Nekozawa continued. He was inexperienced, so seeing him react was a bit of an ego boost.

"Thanks buddy." Beelzenef replied voicelessly. His tiny cat mouth turned into a relieved smile and his fabric eyes closed. He always hated it when Umehito did things like this... And to think the japanese people worked so hard to enforse japanese manners into the boy!