[ he notices, but he doesn't say anything, letting her work through it. ]

Max isn't even my dog, you know? I took him from those scumbags but then they took him back. And then he got away... Before here, I didn't even know if he was okay. It's been over a year since I saw him back home.

[ maybe it's the late hour or because he doesn't think naomi is firing on all cylinders right now, but he decides to share something else... something personal. maybe she won't remember it, but if she does he thinks he can trust her with the info just the same. ]

My wife never let me get one. Said I was never home so she'd get stuck taking care of it. She wasn't wrong.