Jake whickers softly in pleasure at the touch, swishing his tail.

"I'd like to hope so, so thanks," Tina replies. "I'm not sure it's going to fix how I feel, but it's better than some of the stuff I HAVE been doing. Getting angry at the world and doing... ... stupid things."

She catches herself before she admits having joined a gang, because even months on, she's still having mixed feelings about that.