The Sentinels [M] little blue frog

The next bit came effortlessly. She tried to help, and it was sweet. But he responded as soon as she'd given her advice, Will you be my friend? His expression brightening with a tentative hope, ears cupping forwards, tail giving a little wag — sure he was kind of pathetic but he was a lonely, disparate stray. Had he been human, Dingo would've made quite a good used car salesman, and he was putting those skills in to effect in order to manipulate this girl. He was thankful that she was either too dim, or perhaps just too innocent, to see through his ruse. He knew how to be convincing — and to tug at heart strings, even if he didn't have one of his own.