[He uses the opportunity to hand the dog over to Ellie. He makes sure Ellie's got a hold of the dog - Lucy - and then pushes himself up with a quiet grunt, standing tall.]

I gotta head on out back to the car, grab a few things that I bought while I was out. How 'bout you take her out to the grassy area out back? She's a puppy, so she's gonna pee a lot. Gonna have to keep an eye on that.