[Kain gasps in astonishment, as if alarmed by the very thought. There might even have been a time, back before the Wardens, when that might have actually offended him. Now it just seems comical.]

You'd better hope that my ancestors' spirits didn't hear that. [But he gives a smirk, at ease as he keeps on petting the mabari eagerly.] That's something Fereldans have done especially well, training such loyal companions...