[That little nudge is enough to send him stumbling back into a chair, perching on the armrest and giving the Visitor some quality skritches.]

Hey there. You're not so bad. He was acting like you're terrible, but you're not are you?

[He smiles as it flops over, kneeling down to get some petting in on the back of it's neck. Wolves are always itchy in those hard to reach places, he figures smoke and bone bears might be too.

Even without the event his inclination might have been to pet it just because it sort of reminds him of a wolf even if it is a giant smoke monster.]

You just live in his head huh? Don't get to come out much?