[ Minato likes dogs, especially the ease of which they go out for walks, following alongside but generally stopping and going where they want to go and all he needs to do is hang back and make sure they don't run into traffic, or too far away, with his line of vision being the leash in this case. The fake bone in his hand gets double duty in between clattering against the walls and poking at Hinata if he wanders further than arm's length. ]

Storage basements have one door usually, right? Bet the light switch is all the way over there too, so there's no point looking for one back here...