[ Richard watches with keen interest, much the same way he might watch a bird poke a stick into a hole, or a giant bat roll a kitten up in its long sticky tongue. His curiosity is a little clinical, but it’s also genuine -- he is at least as interested in the process as he is the end result.
He’s also a shade scruffier than he was when she saw him last. Not much. Gradually sliding down the gradient between a freshly groomed designer terrier and one that ate too many shoes and was sent to live on a farm. ]
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[ Richard watches with keen interest, much the same way he might watch a bird poke a stick into a hole, or a giant bat roll a kitten up in its long sticky tongue. His curiosity is a little clinical, but it’s also genuine -- he is at least as interested in the process as he is the end result.
He’s also a shade scruffier than he was when she saw him last. Not much. Gradually sliding down the gradient between a freshly groomed designer terrier and one that ate too many shoes and was sent to live on a farm. ]
May I?
[ What are the rules, he doesn’t know. ]