[ The complete lack of reaction was enough to garner a tilt of Ace's head, but he wouldn't question it. There wasn't much point to bring up something that must not be an issue for the man and he was glad to not have to go through the same routine of explanations that he'd begun to become so familiar with.

Instead, he moved on with the chat about his coat, not minding the hand in the fur along his neck in the least. ]

I don't know. That's something my humans would do before, but how they set that up... [ It wasn't like he ever got a step-by-step tutorial on making dog groomer appointments. ] I was mostly hoping the worst of it would shed on its own.