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The jingle of tags got his attention at first, though initially Lance mistook it for keys, turning to face it and expecting to see Coran. When he saw a very fluffy pup that resembled a white cloud on four paws coming around the corner instead, he immediately lit up, heading over to crouch down near said pup, reaching out a hand to let him sniff as per courtesy before petting him once he was allowed.

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“What did you find, sweetheart?”

The undine continues to murmur soft encouragements to the animal all the while, but she does not try to touch until the creature lies down. Only then does Krie gently stroke its back, smiling at the softness of its thick fur. 

               It’s the presence of eyes on her that draws Valoren’sattention away from her work. Instinctively, she raises her gaze to the levelof any of her co-workers but finds…nothing. No one. If not one of them,then…

Golden eyes drop tothe floor and meet those of the large mass of white fur: the dog that Cairishad brought back to the headquarters with her from her most recent mission.

Hastily, her eyes dartaround the studio to search for anyone else and relief floods her system tofind no one else present. They would not have to see what was about to happen,and that was more relieving than anything in that moment. Valoren slowly setsher datapad down on the surface before kneeling down in front of the dog,offering her hand out in greeting.

“Here – this is howyou learn people, right?” She’s softened her voice to one reserved for the gentlest of encounters, and her eyes arepractically sparkling. “It’s ourfirst real meeting, so go ahead and get a sniff, hm? So we can be friends?”

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Cairis hadn’t long been settled on her bunk with the big white creature tucked up against her when she got the ping of an incoming message.

Sighing, she tapped open the vid-comm app on her tablet and, yep, there was her boss.

"Valoren--" she began, but was cut off.

"Is that it?" Valoren asked.  Her ears were upright and her gaze was fixed intently on the creature.  "Is that the dog in the picture Torvull sent?"

Taken aback by Valoren's intensity, Cairis drawled: "...Ye-e-e-e-es."

"Is it is as fluffy as it looks?"

"...Yeah."

Valoren shifted her stare to Cairis.  "You may keep it - provided you don't mind me sometimes hugging it and falling asleep on it."

"That depends entirely on the... dog? Is that what this is?"

Valoren nodded.  "It's called a dog.  Have you named it, yet?"

"Not yet."

"Don't name it something stupid."

Cairis rolled her eyes.  "My job is creative writing!"

"The dog is not part of your job.  Just... come home.  I'll have the necessary things it needs waiting when it gets here.  Consider it a house-warming present for the dog."

Cairis grinned.  "I think the dog is going to like having enough people to love it.  Just warn the others.  And if anyone tries to hurt him, I will smite."

Valoren snorted.  "I'll help you.  See you when you get here."

The connection was cut and Cairis set the tablet aside.  She knocked on the ceiling of the bunk overhead and called out, "We have a dog!"

"I heard!" Torvull called back.

Grinning, Cairis turned her attention to the fluffy white dog and began patting and snuzzling it.