"Yeah, adopted her at a local place. I figured she might be good both as someone to go running with and as a potential bit of help."

Though mostly she's just a running buddy right now. That's okay, though, there's still time to go. John ruffles her fur for a long moment, thinking -- because there's a horrible muddle of feeling around the fact that John adopted her as much for Ianto as for himself and --

Anyway. He pushes to his feet and Seren leaps to her feet too, tail wagging. Are they going to keep walking? Are they going to run? She wants to know!

"Anyway, what are you out here doing? Looking to see if you can dig up a ship to crash?"

What is letting go? John has no idea.