A.J.'s breath was pretty much held the entire time they'd been close, and, with straightening, he seemed to hold himself in a way to make up for the loss of distance in those few moments. He gave Angel a brief scritch behind her ears before handing her back to Annette. "Don't worry about it," he said. If he wasn't feeling like keeping words to a minimum, he'd mention that it's a common room, a free world, pets tend to go places, blah blah blah. But he did want to keep words short, so that was all he said, with a light, weak smile that went away quickly as he turned slightly away to take care of some of the mess from the hair adventure.