[ He pauses at the unexpected praise from his god, blinking at him owlishly a moment before flushing a little in pleasure. He lifts a hand to rub at the back of his neck, a little embarrassed by it. ]

Yeah, well. Just don't make a habit of it, would you?

[ And yeah, he can put two and two together easily enough, although that has him giving the horse a surprised look, a little confused. ]

Then how did he get here? Wait, he's not like another shinki or something now too, right?

[ Considering he'd recently met a snow leopard shinki, he wasn't making any assumptions here. ]