She shakes her head, and slips her hand underneath of the table to rub the side of Wags' muzzle. He mouths at her fingers, and ends up chewing two of them contentedly; Abby makes a funny face when he bites her knuckle a little harder than he probably means to.

"Um." A moment, in which she's sorting out the dog, then, "No, I just– wanted to make sure."

It sounds stupid out loud.