"This isn't about our payment, need I remind you." But alas, the captain IS about payment. And so, of course, is the irritated merchant.

He does not, of course, try to pet the warhound. In fact, the dog is given a bit of a look. Jayne doesn't seem to get along with anyone, much less Reynolds, but so long as he doesn't wander off or get underfoot... He gives a little bark of an Orlesian order himself, if that's what the dog responds to, as he mounts his snuffling horse. "I'm not fishing you out if you tip over."

It might be a lie. Depends on the situation.