If the answer is all he's going to get, he'll take it. Detlef isn't always great at knowing when not to push, but this is a Shepherd and therefore he's already on thin ice. And then the attention's back on him so he can't even follow-up if he wanted to.

He winces and Moose chirps, turning her into a welcome distraction as he rubs her head and comforts her. "There have been other Shepherds, but there wasn't a panicking horse or a cat that might freeze at the time." His free hand goes up to play with his hair.

"I don't really know how to do subtle. I try, sometimes." And then other times he questions a Shepherd directly and has to be hauled off by Lance. "I thought you'd left, Lorne, and I didn't know Dain was there."