Most Spirits were friendly and liked to say hello. Considering the amount of Nightmares running around, most everyone had at least two of them with them at all times if they were wandering. In this case, it seemed to be helping to break the ice by giving them something to talk about.

"I'm sorry, he does that a lot." Xion stepped forward until she could lay a hand on Barkley. Some scritches seemed to calm him. Instead of barking, he looked at her and gave a happy whine. See, see, there's a new Person here!