[Pluto tilts his head up at Wolfram before he licks that hand offered up to him and nudges it. Good. He'd better be your favorite forever.]
Well, tons of things could've happened. [Axel looks up towards the higher branches of the tree again.]
If you left me on my own, maybe I would've died, with large emphasis on maybe. [Because he's still adamant about him not needing any help to fight those things off] And if that would've happened, then, yeah, sure; we wouldn't be friends at all.