God subtly smiled while looking at the nine-tailed fox and agreed to his granddaughter's question. "Yes. Herbert. He tends to act a bit foolishly at times. But other than that, he will make a great companion for anyone."
Ariel now grabbed the fox's snout with both of her hands and giggled. "Oh, is that so? Then you must like him?"
"I do," God replied.
And he started to walk ahead, prompting Ariel to leave Herbert's side and follow him.
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Earlier, when God had disappeared from the garden for a while, he had sensed Irene entering the Heaven realm and looking around for Ariel.
That was exactly what he was waiting for – his daughter's arrival in Heaven. He wanted Irene to pass along some messages to Theodore.
And Irene did just that. She teleported back to the Earth realm with a few pieces of news.