[It's already #confirmed and no amount of logic or reasoning will shake her from that mindset. Lobstar the lobster is somehow related to turtles and that's how life is now. The ocean is really a giant tent, if you think about it. Fish and tigersharks are all related. Who needs science?? She's got this.
But that's fine-she gets what that nudge means and stands up, shaking residual sand out of her clothes and hair. Then reaching down to-
Her hand lingers over Ammy's back, hovering just above her spine, because it had been instinctual to want to brush the sand off her. She goes through the same routine with her cat when they comb the beach for treasure-where she helps shake the sand out of his fur and from his paws before he accidentally licks it up.
This isn't a cat. Shiro's not the same and she can't seem to shake that innate fear that makes her want to pull back, even if she knows better. The dog saved her, brought her medicine back, tends to a garden and hangs out with animal families on the beach. This is a good dog. It's okay to-
She slowly lowers a hand to the dog's fur, eyes on her face the entire time, in case this upsets her. It won't take a second to pull back, but if this little doggo doesn't show any signs of distress, she's going to start brushing whatever specks of dirt and sand remain off her.]
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But that's fine-she gets what that nudge means and stands up, shaking residual sand out of her clothes and hair. Then reaching down to-
Her hand lingers over Ammy's back, hovering just above her spine, because it had been instinctual to want to brush the sand off her. She goes through the same routine with her cat when they comb the beach for treasure-where she helps shake the sand out of his fur and from his paws before he accidentally licks it up.
This isn't a cat. Shiro's not the same and she can't seem to shake that innate fear that makes her want to pull back, even if she knows better. The dog saved her, brought her medicine back, tends to a garden and hangs out with animal families on the beach. This is a good dog. It's okay to-
She slowly lowers a hand to the dog's fur, eyes on her face the entire time, in case this upsets her. It won't take a second to pull back, but if this little doggo doesn't show any signs of distress, she's going to start brushing whatever specks of dirt and sand remain off her.]