[Koromaru barks, but then gets distracted by Dango as the two of them start to play again. Minato stands back, hands in his pockets as he watches.]

Back home... Koromaru's first owner was a priest at the local shrine. They'd go on walks together. ...But then the priest was killed in an accident. Koromaru kept going for walks by himself after that, and waiting at the shrine to protect it for him.