"Oh, oh, good. I like this too much to want to be demoted." and she wasn't sure she was ready for promotion yet either. This was good. Sometimes it was confusing and sometimes she overthought things, but for the most part, she was happy. Oddly, happiest when she was just hanging out with him, even if that meant hauling logs for a bonfire, or sitting on a couch watching cheesy zombie movies.
"Oh, uhm, well, there's a fetish in the gay community for large, hairy, macho guys and they call them Bears. I was just teasing." she said and gently ruffled his hair, then went back to petting behind his ear. "So.. do I need to get you fixed? Have you had all of your shots? Do you come with an owner's manual if you're going to be my very own big dog puppy thing?" She tried to get back to the joking.