Feeling Crabby

Dunstan finds the energy of the young pup fascinating, and her familiarity with the crabs is quite welcome. The crabs scuttling around clearly find her tippy-tappy paws a bit unsettling, but Dunstan sees this as a pro rather than a con. The crabs are prey, after all.

He has to pause for a second to comprehend her words, she talks so fast. Dunstan's own rather slow way of speaking picks up just a little bit so that she doesn't have to sit through what he imagines would be a rather dull speech if he spoke slowly. "I'm Dunstan. I don't really have any nicknames."

Which was false, since his mother had given him a few sugary-sweet ones but he doesn't want Callie to know that. It's a little embarrassing. That isn't the point, though, and he soon focuses back and agrees with her first idea.

"I can catch if you distract." Dunstan says, "And maybe we can switch if you want."