They shake their head a little at the compliment, but they're smiling, anyway. Now that was edging onto flirting, there. (So I do still recognize it. You had a doubt? Well, Inigo seemed pretty surprised nobody had, yet. Probably the whole thing where everybody thought you were pretty damaged, and also there was a World Eater hunting us.)

"They're definitely friendly," they assure him. "Come on over, give their head a little pet. They like attention. And really, even if they weren't friendly," they add, thoughtful, "the worst they could do is hit you with a plastic chain."