[Forgive him, as he was about to ask what it was he was being given, even while his snout was redirected. But he has the smallest flinch when his lips are touched, a product of... too many times where things just like this went wrong.
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But... but nothing happened. His tongue was intact, slack in his mouth. He still tasted so many treats he'd had and the swirl of that strange concoction of Ozzie's. His fur felt a strange tingling as his hackles rose, his tail coming undone in a slowly-building frizz.
"I give what I get." That's what he'd said, right?
So for once in his life, he would accept this mercifully harmless green flag and... hope like Hell he knew what he was doing as he would reciprocate with a touch of his own, a wordless expression of a thrill and an immense relief all at once.]
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But... but nothing happened. His tongue was intact, slack in his mouth. He still tasted so many treats he'd had and the swirl of that strange concoction of Ozzie's. His fur felt a strange tingling as his hackles rose, his tail coming undone in a slowly-building frizz.
"I give what I get." That's what he'd said, right?
So for once in his life, he would accept this mercifully harmless green flag and... hope like Hell he knew what he was doing as he would reciprocate with a touch of his own, a wordless expression of a thrill and an immense relief all at once.]