Later when Kirby and Aleu were alone in the boiler room, Aleu suddenly sighed in a depressed kind of way. Kirby noticed this.
"Something wrong?" he asked.
"Oh, its nothing," she said.
"Come on," said Kirby. "You can tell me."
Aleu sighed. "Well, I love you Kirby, and these past several days we've spent together have been the best of my life. It's just, I still feel kind of like I don't have a place in this world."
"What do you mean?" asked Kirby.
"Well, when I was with the wolf pack I thought I had found my true calling, but as time went by I realized I didn't like it there. But here in Nome I'm an outcast like my father was because I look like a wolf. I know my father was content with living on an abandoned boat, but I don't think I can be. I just don't know what I'm gonna do."
Kirby put his foreleg around her. She leaned her head against his chest.
"All I ever wanted when I was a puppy was to be owned and loved by a Human," said Aleu.
Suddenly Kirby got an inspiration. "Well then that's what we're gonna do," he said. "We're gonna find you a home."
Aleu looked up at him. "How?"
"I don't know, but I'll think of something."