Good save. Rip would have been insulted to be called human so it may be best never to call her that. "If I'm not your pet, then what am I to you? You did buy me after all."

After a few moments of reluctance, she moved closer to him, slowly stepping out of the shadows and back into the moonlight so he could see her fully again.

"Plus, I hardly have my freedom anymore. The collar around my neck is a good indication of that."