"Yeah, but my mum doesn't get to see much else, you know? She's got a pretty limited picture of what goes on in my life. Puppy's always around because ... well, she's Puppy."

In fact, the very nickname he still calls her since she was something like six years old is kind of a testament to it.

He barely uses her real name (Cora) unless they're out in public and he's got to pretend to be polite. Or some rubbish like that.