If you're suuuure! I'll brush up on my hosting skills and give my roommate a heads up. We'll be happy to have her company!

[It's around now that he notices that Arche is absolutely reacting to this conversation in a way that implies she understands it. That's very interesting, and not something he'd assumed of these creatures before. On one hand, he probably shouldn't take her as just an animal if that's how it is; on the other hand, that makes it all the more flattering that she seems to like this idea. Yessss, attention from fluffy doggie!]