Ohh... [She smiles back when the dog licks the bit of cake off her nose. It does understand!

And seems interested in cats?]

I suppose it would make sense if you're alert to the mention of cats. Don't worry though, Miss Sophie is really a human. Just she was under a magical spell when she was back in her world.

Ah, yes. Sorry to say, you're far from home at the moment. Mmm. I don't suppose you can give me a 'pu-pupu-puuu~' the way Mokona did. Can you bark twice if you understand?

[Because really, if the dog is here perhaps it's quite clever. But she wouldn't want to keep talking to the poor thing if it doesn't understand.]