"Seriously. It'd only make sense, right?" He looked at Nibbler. "Nibbler! Cool name you got there, sir." Yeah, he was talking to the goat, but most people seemed to talk to animals, pets, etc. so why should a goat be any different.
He took it upon himself to move himself over, just to sit across from her. It would make more sense than yelling across a whole table. And he left his food over there, because... now that she mentioned it, he did feel a little weird to be eating that in front of Nibbler. "Does he know? Or do you just... not tell him about the little guy?"