Tucker turns to face the voice of who rudely yelled at him.
"Hello to you too Steve."
"My mandatory information gathering and socializing with the locals." He answered firmly.
Tucker raises an eyebrow. "And it took you this long to get back?" The arcanine asks in slight disbelief. A smug grin forming on his face. "Must've been hard to get people to talk to ya." He joked. Nintai lightly chuckling from behind him.
"Nonsense! Communication was no issue at all." He barked, seemingly missing the arcanine's attempt at humor.
"And was it more than a hello and goodbye?" The fire type asked in a sly tone.
Nintai leans over to peek from behind Tucker's head as the manetric hesitated to give an answer and looks away from the two. Causing Nintai holds back a chuckle, which Tucker lets go free.
Steve's ears flatten as his eyes snap back to the larger dog in front of him. Giving a flustered glare as can only respond with a huff as he walks to the other side of the camper door.
"Whatever. Just don't goof off and disappoint our boss."
(Steve is now available for interactions)