Duncan looked at the nervous A-Dog and revealed the most affable smile he could muster—he felt there might have been some misunderstanding between them, and it was best to clear it up sooner rather than later.
But just as he was about to speak, he suddenly saw a flash of blood in A-Dog's eyes—even though it was hard to read any emotional change from a bony skull, he felt a moment of intense turmoil in the Abyssal Hound.
The next second, he heard A-Dog's faltering voice: "Are... Are you the 'Mr. Duncan' we have been dealing with these past few days?"
Duncan was startled, and then glanced at Sherry beside him.
He hadn't seen any interaction between A-Dog and Sherry, but evidently, these two beings, chained together, had a convenient means of sharing information.
"It is I," Duncan said with a slight smile, his tone gentle, "Is there anything else I need to explain? Or is there something you would like to know?"