Six doesn't startle - she is not quite that unaware of the world around her - but she does turn sharply, her eyes flicking over Matthias. It might be easy to mistake him for one of the orphans if she wasn't certain she had seen his face before, even if she cannot place where. Her eyes flick over him before she gives Sir another brush, fingers scratching at his flank absently. It's something he likes and she indulges.

Behind her comes a quiet whine, a Mabari lumbering over, clearly envious.

"I think that is the opposite of what we want," she comments finally, even if it is a little wry. "If they get lost we will simply have to find them again."