[LOOK SHE HAS A REASON FOR BEING THIS WAY...]

He lives at the shrine, but it's not like I own him. He's a wild and free tanuki!

[But even as she says that, she scoops him up and pats him on the head a couple of times.... tanuki!!! don't miss her, she'll moe....]

You can stay here and welcome Baren when he gets back, okay?

[baren is a lonely butthead who will cry without okuni, she attempts to put Tanuki down, but Tanuki just leaps from her arms and right into Minato's]