As if either of them seemed to mind it- Esquie can take the weight of a couple bouncing pups easily enough, with soft hoots of delighted laughter as he offered a large hand for them to sniff. And Verso seemed experienced enough with the adjustment it took to not get bowled over by a similar process, chuckling as he let them sniff his hands, giving their faces a brief enthusiastic rub in the process that had their ears flapping.

"Guard dogs just have to be loud." Verso agreed readily enough. And with Hatchet presenting a belly to be pet, he huffs a sigh that pretends at longsuffering as he crouches to give the due rubs. "And you're the gatekeeper, demanding a toll, hm?"

"Dogs protect what they love best of all." Esquie hummed, as he toddled towards one of the blocks of granite, with a soft little noise of discovery. "Oh! This one has a seam that looks like the river!"