Hide was quiet while Rose spoke, he was a bit tired now that Kiara had done her magic, but the exhaustion was nothing in comparison to the hunger that was brewing in his stomach.But he really couldn't bring himself to ask for food, at least not yet.Slowly he turned his head to face Rose, a familiar, calm smile upon his features. Even with the bruising and bandages, he seemed pretty happy. His tone was still a bit rough, but it held no traces of anger or anything of the alike. If anything, it sounded apologetic.

"You didn't do anything wrong. Neither did Adrian. I... hurt, scared, worried. Focused on the distress of the stray. You know I don't deal well when someone is defenseless and is being backed into a corner, especially when they don't have anyone else on their side. Just didn't want anyone else to get hurt this morning, especially someone who didn't do anything."

Hide slowly starts to wiggle a bit on the table until he was closer to the chair that Rose was in. He was still smiling towards her. But now he did not seem as apologetic, was that a hint of mischievousness from the good side of his face? It was hard to tell with the bandages and the bruising, but for the most part, was harmless.

"That impulsiveness is a good thing. No one knew and she seemed like a good suspect, you did a good job." Hide was silent a few moments before he sighs. "I need to apologize to Adrian, though. You'd think he would remember not to take me too seriously when I bark, especially when wounded like this."

Hide became silent once again as he closes his eyes, shaking his head lightly. He felt a bit guilty for having done that, but he was glad that they finally stopped being so mean towards the stray. It put him at ease , especially when he knew Kiara was in there with her. He slowly opens his eyes once again, glancing towards the pack of cigarettes before looking back towards Rose with a bit of a grumble.

"If I were to ask you to help me outside to smoke... would you say yes? Or would you pat my head some more? I'd ask for my blanket, but that is gone now. Actually, if you can just sit in here with me for a bit would work too... Just a bit afraid to be alone at the moment."Hide asked simply with the same joking tone that he always did, the tone that made it hard to tell if he was serious or not.