Lily could understand that, but it was nice, she thought, to have a little piece of home. Even if that piece was a small, wriggling animal who kept trying to lick her. For Nina it hadn't been quite so pleasant and Lily had yet to receive anything, though she wasn't sure what she might get, when the time came.

Leaning across the bed, she pressed a kiss to Trip's mouth, then leaned back again. "It's nice to see you so happy. But now you'll have to get him a dog bed," she teased.