"Because it's mine, it was in my locker, after all. What if it's something important from home?" She cradles it, then. Of course, this is Annie logic, this is something only Annie would ever come up with. But then-

"I do not understand what you have against me getting a dog! It would be lovely to have one, we'd have to lock it up loads less than George, after all-" she says, clearly rehashing an old argument. It's not like dogs can really see her but she would be able to see the dog and love it like that, it would be fine!