He took the bottle and motioned for her to sit. "Thank you." While preferring rum he kept his big mouth shut and poured them both a glass. "And I could, if I knew how to get them back."
He took a seat and started petting one of the animals. "I don't know if they'd mind. Probably. No guarantee they can come back you know. And they're alive now, and I don't want to kill them. It's a little complicated."