take it all back a little closer than I needed

Does he... entertain the child? As she wriggles and rolls around in front of him, claiming that she wanted to reach the clouds. His eyes turn upward, his brows raising more, he has to hold back his laugh. Ah, puppies were funny. "We cannot get up that far," Ghoul replies plainly, that humor lingering in his tone as he looks back down at the girl who stares back at him.

Honestly, it would be a little creepy, but he is used to... creepy. His brother was creepy. Medusa was creepy. Her other litter was equally creepy. So the wide eyes of the pup staring at him from the ground didn't deter him or throw him off balance. Instead, he slides his front paws to the ground until his elbows are digging into the dirt.

When she asks about his tail, he glances back at the fluffy deer-like tail that he wiggles a few times to maybe get a laugh out of her. "Ah, probably not," he begins, his ruby stare slowly turning back to her as he leans closer to her. "My brother and I made a deal with a demon to get a tail like this," Ghoul lowers his voice to a raspy whisper as a devious smirk curls the edge of his lips.