He could see that Alex was happy with the dog and that made Michael's heart soar. Now he wanted belly rubs for doing a good thing. He was imagining Alex giving him just that when he heard Alex say something to him.
"Hmm... oh, yeah. I'll put one in," he said distractedly as he scratched on of the dog ears. "Hey, lets go eat before the chicken gets too cold. Then we can take Leeloo out for her first walk. Okay?"