Jane was only a few steps behind, having been saying goodbye to Dez in the next stall. (Katie, on the other hand, happily munched away at the treats and appreciated the petting. In response to her name, Thor got a noisy whuffle. Yep, she knows you, apprentice vet dude. You bring the food.)
"It's nice to warn them anyway," Jane quipped, overhearing the end of what Thor was saying. "We don't know how much she can understand -- recent research does say that dogs understand English better than 3-year-old humans, after all! They have a better grasp on things like grammar and tense."
Always the total up-and-coming-research nerd, even in important moments like injection day.