[Don't worry, your acquaintance with this dog man can only get worse.]

I do! And he said he would go on a date with me! We're going to the arcade.
[Surely everything about this situation is normal. He gets out his phone and effortlessly snaps a selfie with Mikotoba like the millennial he is.]

But I was asking him about you because I was curious about you too, Dr Mikotoba! Though I don't want to take up too much of your office hours.