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[good_dug]

Dug has got his collar back! As the entire bar probably noticed, given how inclined he is to bouncing around and commenting on everything. But having it back means that he can CONVERSATE with people again, which makes him a very, very happy Dug indeed. No more sadfaces!

Well, not on Dug. There are probably sadfaces on the faces of the Oompa-Loompas

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[calledgreenleaf]

"Well, you're a mess," says Legolas, friendly-like, dropping gracefully onto the grass near Dug and presenting an open hand to him.

Legolas likes dogs, though Dug is far different from the hounds of Mirkwood.

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Dug instantly goes for the hand, sniffing furiously while his collar makes his every thought known to the world. "I was in the lake! Did you know there is a squid in the lake? It is a nice squid!"

He stops to gaze myopically up at Legolas. "You smell different! It is interesting. There are many people who smell different!"

[calledgreenleaf]

"I did not know there was a squid in the lake," Legolas replies, graciously, after a moment's surprise.

"I'm an Elf, good hound, I should not be surprised that we smell different than Men of your acquaintance."

Once Dug has finished sniffing his hand, he reaches to carefully ruffle the dog's ears. He doesn't seem to be bothered by the soil.

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"An Elf?" Dug peers at him, tail wagging furiously as his nose continues to sniff. "I do not know what that is! Is it a kind of bird?"

A pause.

"But you do not look like a bird so it probably is not! Is it a different kind of person?"

[calledgreenleaf]

Legolas laughs. "A different kind of person, yes. I cannot fly."

He pets him, dislodging some of the muck.

"And what type of hound might you be?"

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Dug happily butts his head a little rather under Legolas' hand, guiding his fingers to the best scritching areas. "I am not a hound," he points out. "I am a dog. Do you not know what a dog is?"

GENUINELY CURIOUS HERE.

[calledgreenleaf]

Legolas takes the direction easily, scritching constantly.

He makes a quiet, thoughtful noise. "I do believe they are the same thing, or close to it; hounds walk on four legs and are covered in fur--like unto wolves, but kinder and more apt to find friends amongst Men and Elves, as well as fond of chasing rabbits."

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Dug considers this, his tail slowing down as he devotes careful energy to thinking.

"The rabbits here are demons," he informs the tall stranger. "I do not chase them."

[calledgreenleaf]

"Ah? They are not normal rabbits?" he asks, voice gently amused.

(He's taking note of it, however; his forest has too many twisted creatures for him to ignore it.)

"What is it you call yourself? I am Legolas," he adds, briefly, moving his hand to scritch by the other ear.

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"No!" Dug tucks his tail between his legs, glancing hastily around. "They can breathe fire and they have sharp teeth and they do not run away." He presents a paw for inspection. "They bite! And it hurts."

It is worth noting that there is the tiniest patch of missing hair possibly in the shape of toothmarks.

The tail rises again momentarily, though. "My name is Dug! Your name is a nice name."

[calledgreenleaf]

"'Twas a most grievious injury," Legolas agrees, solemnly, inspecting the paw.

(He's laughing on the inside. A lot.)

"Are they the size of normal rabbits?" he asks, scritching still, albeit slower. "And my thanks; Dug is a nice name, as well."

[good_dug]

Dug does not actually know what that long word means, but he senses (with keen doggy senses) that he has fully ensnared Legolas! Just to keep it real, he whimpers a little, holding the paw off the ground when he gets it back.

After all, people who feel sorry for him give the best rubs and tell him he is a Good Dog and give him treats! So it all works out.

"I do not know," Dug admits. "We do not have rabbits where I am from! But they are scary." A pause. "I am not scared! But you might be." He bristles. "I could protect you from them?"

[calledgreenleaf]

"You are a brave Dug," Legolas encourages, "and I thank you, but I have fought many rabbits in my day. I shall not be in much trouble, should I meet them."

He hums a short snatch of tune (a tribute to Huan, truth be told), almost reflexively, before asking "And where is it that you're from?"

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Dug swells with pride. He IS brave! And he will bark ferociously at any rabbits that come near! Because even if Legolas has fought many rabbits perhaps he does not know how to fight these rabbits. And Dug does!

(he conveniently forgets that for him, 'fight the rabbits' is the equivalent to 'run away from said rabbits')

"I am from Paradise Falls!" He bounces up from under Legolas' hand in order to give himself a thorough scratch behind one ear, dislodging several clumps of mud and a leaf. "There are lots of birds and squirrels and other things but no rabbits!"

[calledgreenleaf]

"It sounds a fair place," Legolas says, crossing his now-free hand lightly across his knees.

"Do you wish that I should fetch a brush from the bar to help clean you off?" he offers, after a moment.

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Dug backs up almost instantly, giving the elf a wary look.

"I do not want to be groomed!" The way he says it makes one kind of get the impression this is not the first time he's gone out and made himself disgusting.