Barbara was doing her very best not to laugh that it was now Galen calling Lucario his pet rather than anyone else. "He's just confused," She soothed Lucario gently as she shook her head. "He's not a pet, he's a companion." She told him. "He helps you, you two respect one another." Maybe Lucario was essentially a pet, but the difference had always been important to Galen so Barbara wouldn't undermine it now just because Galen had turned into a kid about it all.
"It's been a few months now," She agreed nodding as Galen started to catch on to some of what she'd been telling him, but rather than it being the sort of reminder she'd hoped it might be instead she saw him start to worry about the realization that he'd been away from his Master for longer than he'd thought.
"Oh Galen," She felt bad for him, the kind of fear in his voice was heart breaking and she hated that he'd ever been under the influence of someone who would instill his kind of fear into a child. "It's okay, you don't have to go back there." She promised him, "This place is safe, no one is going to hurt you here. You've been making a life here, with Lucario and the flamingo." She told him, "You've been making some friends, me for once." She added, "And Leia." Because even if things hadn't gone quite the way Galen had wanted them to with her Barbara thought they still considered one another friends.