"Oh, no, no, they're not pets, they're my friends."

Seth actually smiles slightly, a change of pace from his otherwise generally blank expression, as he said that as if it was the most normal thing to say as he holds the doll to his chest tenderly. Soon ending up kind of rambling momentarily.

"But having them all here would take up so much space, besides other consider them just toys, which I really don't approve of. They're precious and dear friends of mine, especially Marion even though they can be such a diva."

He then goes on for a while about his puppet friends, until he realizes exactly what he's doing...and promptly freaks out a little all too aware how others tended to view his hobby.

"Oh- oh god, I'm sorry, god I ended up just rambling and- gods... they're puppets...my friends...are puppets..."

He looked incredibly embarrassed, and awkward, but also kind of fearful, like he was bracing for something?