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[isaysimplewords]

Cal's neighborhood has quite a few dog owners. Seeing them out and about has reminded him of his plans to get a dog once he'd moved. He's been meaning to take care of some other things first, but - it's all been bewildering, a little (or a lot), and he feels like he's going in circles just trying to find a place to start

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[a1enzo]

"Hey, Cal! Whatcha readin'?"

[isaysimplewords]

Cal looks up, smiling.

"Hi, Enzo!" He holds the book up for Enzo to see. The title is something about dogs and dogtraining. The cover has a dog.

Enzo is free to speculate about the book's contents.

[a1enzo]

It is clearly a history of Viennese architecture!

"Oh, yeah! You said you were gonna get one!"

[isaysimplewords]

Cal grins.

"Yep! Got a lot to learn first, though, it looks like."

It is, at least, a more manageable amount of information than what he's been trying to get into so far.

[a1enzo]

"Can I help?"

Not that he's sure how; he has canine experience, but he found his dog in an alley, and never really kept him as a proper pet.

[isaysimplewords]

Cal gives this a bit of thought.

"You might be able to help me train him," he offers, "once I get him." Enzo already has a dog, after all, even if one of Frisket's temperament is not what Cal is looking for.

[a1enzo]

"Oh, sure!"

Frisket was never trained, in the sense usually meant, but if Enzo could get him to not be a constant menace to society, he can surely handle the more mundane training of a lesser more docile pooch.

[isaysimplewords]

"Great," Cal says cheerfully. "The book says the dog should get used to, you know, friends and things pretty early, anyway."

[a1enzo]

"So what kind you thinking of getting?" Enzo looks curiously at the book. He's seen a few User dogs, but not many.

[isaysimplewords]

"I don't know yet." He pulls a slight face. "It has to be something small, though, my apartment isn't big enough for a big dog." It wasn't something he'd thought of on his own, but the book has made it clear enough that cooping up a larger dog in an apartment's worth of space would be unkind to both of them.

[a1enzo]

"That's too bad." Not that he is biased. "Can I see what there is?"

[isaysimplewords]

"Sure." Cal hands the book over. "I think there's a list in the back."

The last chapter has a list of the most common breeds of dog in America, and distinguishing features. With pictures!

[a1enzo]

Flip. Flip. Flipflipflip.

"Hey, that one looks kind of like Frisket!" Albeit with a much smaller head.

[isaysimplewords]

"Yeah?"

Cal leans over to take a look.

"Oh, yeah, it kinda does."

Neat.

[a1enzo]

"Doberman Pinscher," Enzo reads. "Pinscher? Huh. Frisket's a Parser."

[isaysimplewords]

"A Parser?"

It sounds kind of like a word Cal should be familiar with, but - he's not.