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Seeing a man about a dog.

Getting a new pet?

Yeah - I mean, I hope so. [There's always room for another dog, of course.] This guy my dad knows has two he wants to give away. So if it works out...

[He finishes with a half-smile and a shrug, like an excited kid playing it cool.

It sounds good. Pets are nice to have. What kind of dogs are they?

Not sure, we've got to go see them first. Dad thinks they're part husky though. They're probably a little big, but I bet it's nothing we can't handle.

Nah, dogs are pretty good usually. And most of the time they're trainable too. So I'm sure you and your dad can handle them.

Yeah, it'll be pretty awesome. Do you have a dog?

Nah, my dad has a dog. A Great Dane. I have a cat named Delilah. But he has a fairly large house with room for a dog. Someday when I get the apartment in the city out of my blood, then I'll get a house and a dog.

Cool. I mean, cats are nice and all, but there's nothing like having a canine companion around, right?

[Erek pretty much lights up on this subject. It's the happiest part of his world.]

What's your dad's dog called?

They're always happy to see you. Dogs. Sometimes I think Delilah thinks she could do just fine without me. But then sometimes she's the sweetest cat.

The Dane? Her name is Annabelle. We call her Belle. She kind of rules the roost at my dad's house.

Yeah... dogs just want to be everyone's friend. Different attitude, I guess.

Belle. [He grins.] Sounds like it fits her. You know Danes were supposed to be hunting dogs back in old times? You couldn't tell from most of them.

Yeah, that's why they originally started cutting and pointing their ears up, so they wouldn't get in the way of the hunting. But Belle's ears are down. Cute and floppy. They're great dogs, Dane's. I think people don't realize how big they're gonna get when they get them as puppies.

[He nods enthusiastically, but his smile fades at the last bit.]

Yeah. I wish some people would check that stuff out better. But I guess even if you've seen them around it's hard to be prepared.

Yeah a lot of them end up as shelter dogs because people will just drop them off somewhere once they aren't puppies anymore. My dad had a Dane before Belle, and he did tons of research. And he decided that that was the kind of dog he wanted. So when Shaq passed away, he got another Dane, Belle.

Your dad sounds cool.

He really is. I mean of all the dads, I got a good one. You seem pretty close to yours too.

I guess so. I mean, we hang out and stuff. More than we used to. He still makes me do half the chores though.

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