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Eljay nodded as Birk repeated the names of the pups. Then as he spoke of Eljay's siblings, he smiled, though felt a pit in his stomach at the grim reminder that Lagan and Liffey were already better at everything than he, now. "Oh, yes! Lagan and Liffey," he said, hesitating a moment after as though he was going to say something more but then trailing off there, deciding to leave out Lucy. Mention of her seemed only to hurt mommy and he didn't want to do that; it was easier to just try and forget. "They're uhm, they're great," he said with a soft smile, not sure what else to say about them, or what Birk wanted to hear.