[The wolf is indeed a good one. Hyoga doesn't need more encouragement to join the fray, jumping against Ikki and licking his face happily, forcing him to stop pining Selphie down to try to grab a hold of the happy animal. Ikki keeps his ground of being over her, though, even as he pets the wolf in an attempt to make it stop.]

Argh, go bother Smoker, he's the one who waltzed to drunkland!

[It takes still a couple of minutes for him to convince the animal to just shift targets and run towards Smoker. And Ikki gives his "sister" a glare.]

You're lucky I didn't blow up the animal in pieces. I could have done it.

[Except not because he loves that wolf despite everything. Why else would he still keep it?]