Yeah, Sumaru City, back home uh... home. Japan. Stray cats and dogs wander around. [Japan's issues with strays in general.]

...oh that's good. I ain't much of an animal guy, but I don't think doin' away with them to get them out of the streets would be a good idea either, you know?

[Is he purposefully ignoring Shinjiro's cute moments, or just silently accepting it without making a dramatic plate about it? The world may never know.]