Him. Her. Did the dead really care? Well, maybe they did, but Kirk had always gone with "him" so far, and Boggy had never shown discomfort at the pronoun, so "him" it was.

"I'm not really sure. I'm not exactly sure he can feel pain at all," he shrugged. "Maybe he just likes all the petting, but either way I don't see how it can do any harm."