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poly_chromatic2012-08-25 05:31 pm
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I happen to be immensely fond of dogs. I am. I really well and truly am.
In what other beast of the field or bird of the air can one find the same sort of loyalty and devotion as in Dog? Dog alone accompanies Man when all other animals flee in the face of fire or storm. Dog alone looks first to Man before any other animal. Indeed, Man himself made Dog out of the rough shapes of Wolf and Jackal. Man himself made Dog to suit himself, and Dog obliges, going out with Man to work, serving him well, and guarding his hearth by night. The myriad shapes and purposes of Dog, the companion shape, the working shape, the tracker, the hunter, the runner, all the colors and shapes of Dog born out of Wolf with the aid of Man's hand all to suit Man. And Dog happily obliges and is shaped by the hand of Man as Man sees fit.
Man has made Dog.
God made Man and Man made Dog. And it was very good.
Now. Who's a good doggie? Yes, yes. Who wants a biscuit?
[ooc: Yes, he does like dogs--this is completely canon and authentic. But he likes them to experiment on. Remember, he is, at his roots, a classical Pavlovian. And that requires dogs (his usually get Russian names, for the record, in honor of Pavlov--but it also makes pedigrees and genealogies easy, hurr hurr).
But he'll play nice today. If doggies--cursed or ordinary--would like treats, he will have pockets full of treats and he will be wandering around distributing them--but you may have to sit, shake, fetch, roll over, or play dead first. The treats are harmless. They're just tasty bits.]
In what other beast of the field or bird of the air can one find the same sort of loyalty and devotion as in Dog? Dog alone accompanies Man when all other animals flee in the face of fire or storm. Dog alone looks first to Man before any other animal. Indeed, Man himself made Dog out of the rough shapes of Wolf and Jackal. Man himself made Dog to suit himself, and Dog obliges, going out with Man to work, serving him well, and guarding his hearth by night. The myriad shapes and purposes of Dog, the companion shape, the working shape, the tracker, the hunter, the runner, all the colors and shapes of Dog born out of Wolf with the aid of Man's hand all to suit Man. And Dog happily obliges and is shaped by the hand of Man as Man sees fit.
Man has made Dog.
God made Man and Man made Dog. And it was very good.
Now. Who's a good doggie? Yes, yes. Who wants a biscuit?
[ooc: Yes, he does like dogs--this is completely canon and authentic. But he likes them to experiment on. Remember, he is, at his roots, a classical Pavlovian. And that requires dogs (his usually get Russian names, for the record, in honor of Pavlov--but it also makes pedigrees and genealogies easy, hurr hurr).
But he'll play nice today. If doggies--cursed or ordinary--would like treats, he will have pockets full of treats and he will be wandering around distributing them--but you may have to sit, shake, fetch, roll over, or play dead first. The treats are harmless. They're just tasty bits.]
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