[ Souji can smell the lies from a mile away, but in this instance... there's no reason to question it really. He can clearly tell that this dog would rather chew off his hand than have him anywhere near Yuuki. He can almost respect that. ]
Hmm. [ smiling and with the slightest dig ] Sprinkles is such a cute name. It really matches him. But if he's as bad-tempered as you say, then we probably shouldn't bring him with us.