Sam was starting to get a 'feel' for when certain people arrived. Rhiow had a field all her own, so he'd managed to grab for Bobby's scruff before he got up too far. "Hey. Calm down," he said firmly. "You know Rhiow's scent. You've smelled her on me often enough."

Which, now that he thought about it, was probably one of the reasons why he was so interested. New scent plus having smelled it on Sam before probably made the pup curious, at least. He looked over at Rhiow, then pushed Bobby down off his lap. He kept hold of Bobby, though, following him over and keeping him back a few paces. "I think he only wants to meet you?" he said. "Though you probably know better than I do."

Rhiow said that everything spoke the Speech. So it was entirely possible she knew exactly what Bobby was saying.