"Well, yes, that all sounds reasonable. Treat him less like a dog... and more like, a person I'm looking out for," Russell takes from the advice, thinking aloud. "Choices, to give him leeway to do things, but helping cover him so people still think he's just a dog... Co-conspirators."
The practical advice is grounding, and Russell nods as he tests a bite of the pizza. It's... not quite up to snuff, but now that he's seeing light down one of the tunnels troubling him, it's easier to swallow.
There's still the question of if the network is contagious, though. If everything from people to dogs to any animals catch it... well, suppose everything became sentient like that, where would they be but a choice between compulsory vegetarianism and cannibalism?The part where dogs already think in ways similar enough to humans to have been hunting partners from truly ancient history.
Russell takes another, haunted bite of his pizza, and sighs. "Of course, they may not call me back soon. I don't think I'm the only one on call. Not with my other jobs, and the theatre group, and all."
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The practical advice is grounding, and Russell nods as he tests a bite of the pizza. It's... not quite up to snuff, but now that he's seeing light down one of the tunnels troubling him, it's easier to swallow.
There's still the question of if the network is contagious, though. If everything from people to dogs to any animals catch it... well, suppose everything became sentient like that, where would they be but a choice between compulsory vegetarianism and cannibalism?The part where dogs already think in ways similar enough to humans to have been hunting partners from truly ancient history.
Russell takes another, haunted bite of his pizza, and sighs. "Of course, they may not call me back soon. I don't think I'm the only one on call. Not with my other jobs, and the theatre group, and all."