*sees the shoe float over to him; suddenly a particularly hard nom knocks him out of his dazed state and he leaps into the air yelping as his tail sends a shooting pain up his spine, all the way into his brain.*
*when he recovers he notices the shoe in Rasui's mouth and realizes it hadn't floated; instead Rasui had carried it to him.* *Barks: Thank you friend. May I ask who nommed my tail?* *he gently takes the shoe off Rasui and proceeds to settle down again and nom, twitching his tail as it shot secondary pain signals up his spine.*