"Great. I can't stay the whole night with you, though!" He Ming lets Ilima handle it on his own, for a few seconds, watching with ill-disguised interest. Shouldn't a person be embarrassed by acting like this?

"You hold onto that, and I'll see you in the morning," he says after another moment. It will only be a few days before the Growlithe pups come to term, and he wants to be well energized for that event.