"If she ever hears you calling her precious babies 'those creatures, she will give you a bruise to remember," Kaidan said with a small laugh. Scrubbed a hand through his hair, "Varren. The domesticated ones do make pretty good pets and guards. Eezo's as stubborn and prickly as his owner to everyone else but for Jack? He's a big puddle of wriggling happy dog. She doesn't need to add another scary oversized predator just to have one on the cat side of the spectrum."

And she'd try, too. He'd met her.