"I told it to hold down the fort!" Yosuke protested, conveniently sidestepping the question of whether he should be held responsible for an animal he just couldn't seem to get rid of. "I don't know how he followed us... You're one persistent little furball, I'll give you that."

He knelt down, his clumsy attempt to safely pick up the reinhare distracting him from thoughts of his partner for the time being - and, briefly, from Maribelle.