At first it seems like the technique isn’t yielding much result ( and he wonders whether he should move on to step 2: adding a slightly piteous whine to the mix ) but then Lucky catches the slight motion of the head. Success !! He moves from his previous spot, padding over to the man’s table, keeping his speed regular – can’t seem too eager either.
“ruff?”
Oh, the meal does smell good from here. His stomach lets loose a remarkably well-timed rumble, and Lucky wags his tail hopefully.
Richard smiles at the noise the dog emitted then, wondering just when did it have its last meal. Judging by the loudness of it, it wasn’t recent at all. He himself, know how it feels to go without food for long periods of time, though the cop is conditioned better than others to tolerate the hunger. Lifting the plate of the table, (already more than half consumed by his own perviously grumbling stomach), before gently sliding it over on the slightly dusty floor to the canine.
The action is followed by a frown, a thought spoken aloud, “Where ’re you from?” His hand moves to ruffle the other’s fur, but hovers there waiting for some sort of signal that conveyed the dog’s consent.
The people that usually come into the cantina are often a bad target for bumming a free meal off of – barely have enough money for their own, let alone sharing. But this guy — Lucky’s got a good feeling.
He doesn’t approach right away though, watches from a distance, head cocked, trying to get a slight puppy eyed look going ( soften the target up before he strikes ).
He feels eyes linger on his person as he bites into his meal, and turns to glance at his watcher; a lone dog. The nature of the animal doesn’t have him tensing up in alertness, though he can’t help but wonder what was such an animal doing out here so far away from it’s usual habitat, or galaxy as it were.
Richard’s reminded of Cosmo then, though they were clearly different. Or at least it seems that way as of now. He jerks his head back slightly, perhaps as an indication without words to beckon the canine to come closer.
