There is a trick that many know and fewer might tell, about just how easy one can pass unnoticed if one does not look as others might expect.
Some tricks are the sort she knows well, including this one. And so it is that when she walks through the door tonight, Blodwen is not dressed in white, as others would expect her to be.
The blue-gray jumper she wears matches her eyes very well, oh yes, and goes with the dark fabric of the slacks she's chosen. Quietly, she slips through the bar, moving around the edges and through crowds of strangers, and out the lake door.
They look like a very nice family, really, the three of them. Nick laughs as Kick tosses the ball over his head, narrowly missing it, and the pup follows it without a command from either of them.
When Blodwen appears outside, however, she goes unnoticed by both Nick and Kick -- but not by Nero. The pup catches her scent and stops, ball in mouth, to look in her direction with erect ears.
His tail does not wag and Nick and Kick look quizically at each other, then at the pup, then in the direction of Nero's gaze.
From the distance, neither one of them recognize her, but Nick calls out: "Hello?"
Nick, looking very surprised, hops up from his rock and squints.
"Blodwen?" the happy, excited tone of his voice makes Kick smile and Nero tilt his head, but it only takes a second before the pup understands and his tail begins to wag. He, too, has missed the glance, but there's something about the way she smells...
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Some tricks are the sort she knows well, including this one. And so it is that when she walks through the door tonight, Blodwen is not dressed in white, as others would expect her to be.
The blue-gray jumper she wears matches her eyes very well, oh yes, and goes with the dark fabric of the slacks she's chosen. Quietly, she slips through the bar, moving around the edges and through crowds of strangers, and out the lake door.
There she pauses, looking thoughtful.
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When Blodwen appears outside, however, she goes unnoticed by both Nick and Kick -- but not by Nero. The pup catches her scent and stops, ball in mouth, to look in her direction with erect ears.
His tail does not wag and Nick and Kick look quizically at each other, then at the pup, then in the direction of Nero's gaze.
From the distance, neither one of them recognize her, but Nick calls out: "Hello?"
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"Why, and hello to you as well, cariad."
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"Blodwen?" the happy, excited tone of his voice makes Kick smile and Nero tilt his head, but it only takes a second before the pup understands and his tail begins to wag. He, too, has missed the glance, but there's something about the way she smells...
"Come join us!"
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