An introduction

[kotoba_tadashii]

Gen Watanabe was expecting to find himself in a China closet. Instead, he has very carefully and quietly moved into the main room of the Mansion, and finds it daytime, and the scene outside the window decidedly less tropical than he was expecting. Even in his startled state, however, he is cautious and whispers quietly in Japanese, "Can you hear me, Mr. Hosokawa?" When there's no reply, he tries in Spanish, a little louder, "Is anyone here?"

Typist: Gen Watanabe, the human dictionary from Ann Patchett's Bel Canto. He probably speaks your pup's native language, and if he doesn't, it's more than likely he at least understands it.