The sound, thankfully, wasn't from anything that wanted to surprise him. The steps - because they were steps, if one listened carefully enough - slowed up a bit as they got closer. As if someone (something?) was being just as cautious as Rocket.

And when some visible movement finally came into range along with the sound, that, too, was slow and careful, before a white dog with the Legion badge on his collar emerged from the shadows, sniffing curiously as it watched Rocket down the barrel of his gun.