For capt_spork
Number Fifteen - Whimsy/ Reality
“You know, when I first saw you, I wasn’t at all unconvinced that Benton wasn’t out of his mind. He did have a fever after all.”
You smelt of bird scat. I did not like you at all.
“Charmed, I’m sure. I really did wonder if he was losing his marbles, though. Welcoming a strange, feral dog-with goodness only knows what kind of breeding-not only into his dog shed, but into his cabin? I was having distinctly Tiberius-like thoughts.”
I had saved his life, Deadman. We were both sick and needed a warm den and I am not a dog, I am a wolf.
“Half. And I have my doubts about that.”
Pfffft. You are very suspicious.
“The afterlife does that to a body, I’ve found. While it opens up many doors-”
Closet doors.
“-many doors, it also closes up many more. I wish both yourself and my son would make a greater effort to understand that. Oh, now, really. That yawn was an utter exaggeration.”
I am tired. Boss and Niceman and I were hunting all over the city until very early this morning. I told Boss that he needed to sleep, but he and Niceman needed to go to the Policeplace to bark at their quarry.
“Well, why didn’t you say so sooner? I thought it was cats that were supposed to be inscrutable?”
Cats are smelly.
“You really are the most crass creature I have ever met.”
“You know, when I first saw you, I wasn’t at all unconvinced that Benton wasn’t out of his mind. He did have a fever after all.”
You smelt of bird scat. I did not like you at all.
“Charmed, I’m sure. I really did wonder if he was losing his marbles, though. Welcoming a strange, feral dog-with goodness only knows what kind of breeding-not only into his dog shed, but into his cabin? I was having distinctly Tiberius-like thoughts.”
I had saved his life, Deadman. We were both sick and needed a warm den and I am not a dog, I am a wolf.
“Half. And I have my doubts about that.”
Pfffft. You are very suspicious.
“The afterlife does that to a body, I’ve found. While it opens up many doors-”
Closet doors.
“-many doors, it also closes up many more. I wish both yourself and my son would make a greater effort to understand that. Oh, now, really. That yawn was an utter exaggeration.”
I am tired. Boss and Niceman and I were hunting all over the city until very early this morning. I told Boss that he needed to sleep, but he and Niceman needed to go to the Policeplace to bark at their quarry.
“Well, why didn’t you say so sooner? I thought it was cats that were supposed to be inscrutable?”
Cats are smelly.
“You really are the most crass creature I have ever met.”