Serpent Lake alloy

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he trotted up to the lakeshore, where he got to studying his reflection. did he get any pudgier? was his fur any messier?

"mm, that do make some sense." the chihuahua muttered, mostly to himself, as the inspection preoccupied him. "y'all're the wildest ones ah've ever met, nawt t' mention..." he trailed off as the sesh spoke again. gawd, he was getting fat wasn't he? that's what he got for eating portions bigger than himself. but declining them would be rude. besides, wasn't raw meat good for quality of fur and shininess of the eyes? he thought he could remember a study that--

as gucci himself wasn't going to do a double take, his brain took the wheel, putting the metaphorical vehicle into reverse to back up and once again take a look at what was just said to him.

the chihuahua froze.

very, very slowly, he lifted his head away from the water. at the speed of a racing snail, he rotated it to look at tavina. his mouth felt dry. his tail dipped under his belly. he spoke:

"...y'all're nawt dogs?" the pitch on the last syllable was pleading to be told she was just using a figure of speech.