Well, sorry. Maybe if you had been faster I would have had time to roll out a carpet for you.
[He may not have meant it as an accusation, but her first instinct is still to snap back with sarcasm, perpetually on the defensive against humans. He's Sumo's owner, so she's holding him completely accountable for this entire fiasco... and she may or may not vaguely regret helping him at all. But, well. The alternative doesn't quite sit right with her, and that's definitely a thought that North is going to quietly and casually shove into a corner of her mind before she can think too much about it. Humans suck, mankind was a mistake, etc etc.
Once skeletongate2k38 has moved way past them, though, North pushes herself up to her feet so she can begin to dust herself off. It takes her exactly one (1) second before she's grudgingly casting a glance in the direction Sumo ran off into, frowning. God. This is stupid. She's now decided that dogs are her least favorite animal.]
If your dog doesn't fall into a ditch on the way back, get him a leash. Do you understand?
[Wow. It's not like she's concerned over the dog or anything...! Except she kind of is? Bad. Somewhere in the immediate vicinity, the parts of their own skeleton armies that survived rattle their bones.]
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[He may not have meant it as an accusation, but her first instinct is still to snap back with sarcasm, perpetually on the defensive against humans. He's Sumo's owner, so she's holding him completely accountable for this entire fiasco... and she may or may not vaguely regret helping him at all. But, well. The alternative doesn't quite sit right with her, and that's definitely a thought that North is going to quietly and casually shove into a corner of her mind before she can think too much about it. Humans suck, mankind was a mistake, etc etc.
Once skeletongate2k38 has moved way past them, though, North pushes herself up to her feet so she can begin to dust herself off. It takes her exactly one (1) second before she's grudgingly casting a glance in the direction Sumo ran off into, frowning. God. This is stupid. She's now decided that dogs are her least favorite animal.]
If your dog doesn't fall into a ditch on the way back, get him a leash. Do you understand?
[Wow. It's not like she's concerned over the dog or anything...! Except she kind of is? Bad. Somewhere in the immediate vicinity, the parts of their own skeleton armies that survived rattle their bones.]