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[greyedwhite]

Since an encounter with stuffed toys under a tree, there've been a number of animals wandering around the Nexus. One of them is a very large white dog with only one blue eye. The other is scarred and missing. It's hard to say what kind of dog it is, something mixed with alsatian and maybe even a little wolf, with long grey claws. This could be a

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[victormakesart]

Victor was not usually the type to go near animals. Even under the anti-violence field, there was always a niggling worry that something big and with claws and teeth would eat her face right off.

However, it was the holiday season, and Victor was a compassionate individual. She took one look at the dog and decided it needed a sandwich. She scooted forward tentatively, all the while sending don't-eat-my-face-off brainwaves out into the multiverse.

And out from the depths of her purse rose a chicken sandwich! It did not, of course, rise on its own. It had help from Victor's hand.

[greyedwhite]

He's never tried his wordless telepathy with her, but Silens can probably sense don't-eat-my-face-off brainwaves.
When the dog sees her it lifts it's head. The ears go up, the tail thumps a couple times, and it gives her one lone white puppy-dog eye. The dog is very happy to see her, almost as if it recognizes her. When she offers the sandwich he gets up quickly (standing, his head is on a level with hers if she crouches down) and trots over happily.
Hopefully she won't be too intimidated by all this.

[victormakesart]

She did crouch, leaning carefully, keeping herself braced. She even tried for a wobbly smile. To be fair, the smile she tried for was not wobbly, though it did end up that way.

She set the sandwich on the ground in front of the dog.

And then to diminish her nervousness, she tried to talk to the dog. After all: Nexus. She explained so many of her actions with 'After all: Nexus' nowadays. "Hi. I'm Victor."

((And now I sleep! I'll be around at intervals once I unsleep!))

[greyedwhite]

It seems like a lot of the other animals walking around right now can still talk just fine, but this one doesn't. Instead he pauses in front of the sandwich and does a quizzical head tilt, then scratches the floor with his grey claws a couple of times. He's really missing the opposable thumbs. The ear go down again, and he sits in front of her and the sandwich and makes a whispery sigh. Not even a woof or a whine. He gives her a slow sort of nodding bow, trying to somehow indicate he's smarter than the average dog even if he can't talk. Then he tries approaching the sandwich once or twice and ends up picking the thing up whole and trying to bite off some. It's not a very doglike way of eating.

((Have good dreams! I should go sleep myself.))