Dog: "I'm so sorry, please still love me."

Cat: "How could you have done this, human…"

The dog did it by mistake because he's a doofus.

The cat did it on purpose because 6 weeks ago you stopped scratching his butt sooner than he would've liked.

I still don’t know what we did to deserve dogs. Or cats.

Dogs are incredible at reading facial and body language. It's why they tend to go into their submissive, "Oh shit, I've fucked up." sit and stare when they see your reaction. Most of the time they're not sure what the specific thing was that they've done to upset you, just that they can tell by your stern face that they've done something you're unimpressed by. This is why it's important to catch them in the act, rather than getting mad later. They won't know if it was the pot plant, the slipper, where they were sleeping, their bark, etc. just that one of the many thing was not good.

"Did I break your concentration?"