[ They approximately never turn into dogs where he's from, but look! Unless he's asked later, he's not revisiting that point, because he has a more important raccoon paradox in the form of Xie Lian at present. ]

Vegetables it is~

[ He picks out that bottle, then grabs the bin with the rest of his bathing supplies. And an extra bin, with all the bathing supplies for fur. No, he doesn't often have a use for them, but he is always prepared. Also somewhat hoping he'd have a use for them, one day.

As it is, he kneels next to Xie Lian, reaching out to run his hand over his head, stroking down. It's an unthought response, the kind of thing people do to him, and that he offers as reassurance. If Xie Lian had been human, he'd have done the same. ]

You've been greedy and impulsive, but you're the kind of trouble I lo... like very much.

[ Only shifting words at the last moment because love tends to freak Xie Lian out, and he just calmed down again. Is it obvious that he changed words? Probably, but Shino doesn't seem bothered, at least. Plus his teasing is also honest. No reason not to state it, when it doesn't matter what he was: he was still Xie Lian. ]

Let me soak you first?

[ He asks, reaching for the showerhead on its long neck, attached to the wall with a loop hanging below. ]

A good lather and then we can let it sit while I get damp too.