It sure is! Every movie about a boy and his dog includes the boy getting slobbered on by the dog. Sadness completely forgotten for the moment, Vash drops down to sit next to the cute little, uh... bird? Dog?

Well, whatever it is, it's soft, and fluffy, and super friendly!

"Don't worry. I'll help you find your family." It's a promise, just... not one that he's sure he can keep. Unless the little creature wandered away from one of the refugees in the nearby human encampments, Vash has no way of knowing where it came from. And what if his sisters brought it here? Without a collar -- without a car! -- he's got no way of getting it home.

He's got a little water bottle in his pocket that he pulls out, pouring a tablespoon or so into the bottle's cap. "Here, are you thirsty?"