With media attention and the negativity against them much better settled, a debate between he and Tony had resulted in this experiment - letting their wolpertinger (who could in no way be mistaken for any kind of normal animal) stretch her legs out in the open.

He had been watching the game of fetch with a small, amused smirk on his face until Lady had wandered away from them, closely followed by Tony and Richard not far behind.

"Yeah, she's a cute one," he murmurs in low response, bright orange eyes faintly narrowed in wary observation. "C'mon, girl. We've told you about talking to strangers."