She tilts her head, "I wish I spoke better pooka. Yes'm makes me think maybe you don't see it. Let me put it this way..." A deep breath, "if a flood came into a building, and it was a choice between saving you, or Oak and Edie, let alone the new dogs. I would you save you. I would cry over the lost dogs, but I would save you first and only if that's all I could do because you ARE special, you are more important than the animals. You maybe able to turn into a dog, and you may have your special marks that make it hard for you to hide, but you are a boy who turns into a dog, not a dog who turns into a boy, and you are more important than they are. Now, that doesn't mean we don't treat critters nice. You have a good gentle heart and I don't want to change that, but that is why Jaymes grumbles. He worries you think you are a dog, and that we shouldn't treat you like one. And each of us ranks you more important than any fae hound."