[Besides having a lot of pets for sale, these kinds of stores also tend to carry food for people who already have one. Hayato's only in to pick up a bag of top notch dog food (probably Blue Buffalo or something, of course it would be), but... hey, he has a few minutes to spare. There's nothing wrong with taking a look at all the cute little animals up for adoption. Nothing wrong with entertaining the thought of bringing one home, even if he can't act on those fantasies.
Fuzzy little hamsters, fluffy kittens, adorable puppies... --Oh. And the Yuuhi pup among them. Look at that kid, practically dangling right into their little pen.]
Scouting out new recruits, are we?
[It could be a jab. Or maybe he thinks that a dog is just as much a member of a squad as anybody else.
surPRISE
Fuzzy little hamsters, fluffy kittens, adorable puppies... --Oh. And the Yuuhi pup among them. Look at that kid, practically dangling right into their little pen.]
Scouting out new recruits, are we?
[It could be a jab. Or maybe he thinks that a dog is just as much a member of a squad as anybody else.
(It is 95% the latter.)]