He makes a face at Hibari.

"The only reason I put her in a ball is to keep her from the various pets in the mansion. She's walking meal with quills."

Seimei sets Dorine on his knee and tries to pet her. It's a marvel to him that he likes this little animal. She's self willed, disobedient, and if she hadn't been a gift from Ritsuka he wasn't sure if he would have kept her.

"It was a joke....Kind of."