Back to school it is… Why do I persist in writing these notes? They will make no sense in a matter of days!
36: Dog
Hello, my name is Black Hayate, or just Hayate. That's what Master calls me anyway. The other dogs sometimes says that's odd, and that I should call her 'Mommy' and not 'Master', but that's really none of their business, so I ignore what they say.
Anyway, Master is the best there is. She's really strict, but she's patient and never ever asks more than I can give! She also lets me stay with her most of the time, and I know she hurries back to me when she can't. And when she takes me to that 'work' place where a lot of our friends are, she often gives me a bone with fresh, raw meat on it and marrow inside of it and all good bony-ness… Sorry, I digressed. But bones are just so delicious!
Anyway, in that place is a man, and he's like what the other dogs sometimes call 'Papa' and sometimes 'Master', but I already have a Master, so that'd be confusing. So I'll call this man Papa.
Papa is a good person. He really likes Mommy, like, REALLY like. More than I like bones and at least as much as I like Master, which is not something I say lightly. I'm willing to go through anything for Master, she's phenomenal! And so is Papa. I could once smell the pain he was in, but he put on a great show to convince Master that he was fine, even doing things that were just painful to show her he was fine, even though I could smell he wasn't. I doubt Master ever was fully convinced, but she couldn't smell his pain, so she had to trust him.
Sometimes I really wonder about humans. Why did they give up on their sense of smell to such a degree? It's so very useful and so much fun!
Sometimes Papa sits down and pats me on the head and tells me I'm a good dog, even though I haven't done anything, and then looks significantly at Master, like I'd done something to her… Maybe I did? No, that's just crazy. Master has always been this wonderful person! I just know that.
But… Maybe I unlocked it in her? No, of course not! I shouldn't be taking credit for something I didn't do. That's not a good thing to do. I've tried doing it once and Master thoroughly disciplined me for it. And I didn't even get to eat my booty, either… Sometimes Master is just a slight bit unfair. But only sometimes and only slightly!
But Papa seems to believe that I unlocked something in Master, and many other people certainly seem to look slightly differently at her after noticing me. I don't know why, they ought to be aware of how wonderful Master is. Maybe they haven't met her before? Papa certainly seems to have known Master since way before I came, and he REALLY liked her already then.
When I reached maturity I thought, for a short while, that they might be mates… But there was something all wrong with the smell between them, I came to realize. I think they'd both… Master's home! Master's home! Ooh, she smells upset… And hurt! Only slightly, but I'll need to comfort her anyway!
Hayate is a cutie. ^_^ And yes, dogs unlock something in you. Something that will change you for the better… And if they don't there's just no helping you. True story, it's been proven.
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