[She gets up anyway, but only gets as far as the kitchen table, which was less than arm's length away in the first place... Rex, of course, has given a cursory yip before being silenced. This does not stop him coming to mush his nose into Chase's knees as soon as the door is open enough for him to do so, however.
☏ courtesies that i disguise in me
Carla gives him a bland look.]
That could have done with more finesse.