Barnaby threw some nice juicy steaks out for the dogs, who then rolled over for chest scratching and belly rubs - they're the sort of guard dog that gets told off when their new friends have disappeared with a big TV screen and several computers...
And is given a huge assortment of fish to choose from - being a cat, this means it automatically wants anything that isn't fish (they're all incredibly contrary).
I adore some cats, but others hate me so I dislike them.
But suddenly, he snapped back into reality. The guard dog/cat/imps were all hallucinations from the high he got after acquiring his new sword, now nothing was in between him and his employer's house.
Nothing except the towering holy guardian who denied him access to the abode of his employer with a swarm of loyal cultist zealot, the Holy Lord and Savior Harambe and his Cult of Harambism denied the hero access.
But suddenly, Harambe was shot and the entire cult collapsed on itself, but not without a last word from the Savior, "Keepus Dickus Outus," and then he died.
Barnaby decided to tweet about Harambe, and mysteriously it turned out Harambe had already been shot in a past live, thus calling into question everything Barnaby knew about the universe and life itself.
That was the first thing that spat out of Barnaby's mouth when he woke up, and then he was aware of how much his mouth stank of booze, vomit... and something more that he didn't want to know what it was.