Overindulgence Part II
Jack closed her Journal and looked at the dog, watched it as it tentatively explored its new surroundings. "What are you, anyway?" She took a picture of it with her omni-tool and did an extranet search. "Great Dane? Fuck those things are huge." She eyed it again. "You can't be a purebreed, but you look damn close to it. Must have run away." Jack thought of all the 'missing' posters she'd seen around the various settlements she'd lived at in the past, then promptly dismissed the notion.
She got up and took a hot shower, cleaning off the last remains of the green goo that hadn't flaked off on her journey back and stepped out to find the dog whining and scratching at the door to get in. "Needy little fuck, aren't you?" She let it in as she dried off and got dressed, dropping her towel on the floor in an untidy heap.
She went into the kitchen and got herself a glass of water, expecting to hear the scrape of tiny claws on the tile. When she didn't hear it, she turned around and reluctantly backtracked into her room where she saw the towel wiggling frantically back and forth. It yelped and barked, a sharp playful sound that put a unfamiliar smile at the corner of Jack's lips. The thing bounced around for a little while, the towel hopping up and down with the dog's movements. Eventually, it tumbled free of its enclosure and ran up to her, limbs flying every which way as its tongue lolled out the side of its mouth. Jack broke out into laughter and shook her head. "Some dog you are, defeated by a towel."
She returned to the kitchen, followed this time by the scrabbling paws, and she filled a bowl with water, setting it on the ground for the puppy. It attacked the bowl like its life depended on it, splashing water everywhere in its exuberance. While it drank, Jack looked in her sadly-empty cooler. "You eat eggs?" she asked the dog. "S'all I got."
Pulling out the carton - the base had a local farmer that produced fresh eggs, a luxury on an otherwise backwards planet - Jack fried up half a dozen hens eggs, putting four on a plate for herself, and reserving the last two for the puppy.
Placing the two on the floor for the dog, Jack ate hers standing up in the kitchen, as she always did. Together, woman and dog broke their fasts.