Don't worry. I'm not going to let you have all the fun.
[She jiggles the bag of smaller treats, and the puppies bark and yelp at her, their tongues out and tails wagging like this will be their first meal in weeks.
Tifa sets the coffee down so she can tear the bag open with both hands, and grabs a few. Just enough for one each. Don't want to fatten up the dogs on treats...! The puppies rush her, pushing each other aside to try being the first to get one, but she holds fast, not letting them have any until they're all sitting in a neat row side by side.]
They're pretty well-trained.
[And one by one, she hands the treats out, each dog snatching theirs from her fingers.
Meanwhile, the cat is staring at them from nearby, and Tifa lets her shoulders droop. Ah, in all the puppies' excitement, she forgot to grab a treat for the cat! She'll be right back, Eustace! And when she returns, it's with a small stick of freeze-dried salmon that she feeds to the now-happy cat.
Idly, she starts making conversation again, her smile warm as the cat licks the crumbs from her hand.]
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[She jiggles the bag of smaller treats, and the puppies bark and yelp at her, their tongues out and tails wagging like this will be their first meal in weeks.
Tifa sets the coffee down so she can tear the bag open with both hands, and grabs a few. Just enough for one each. Don't want to fatten up the dogs on treats...! The puppies rush her, pushing each other aside to try being the first to get one, but she holds fast, not letting them have any until they're all sitting in a neat row side by side.]
They're pretty well-trained.
[And one by one, she hands the treats out, each dog snatching theirs from her fingers.
Meanwhile, the cat is staring at them from nearby, and Tifa lets her shoulders droop. Ah, in all the puppies' excitement, she forgot to grab a treat for the cat! She'll be right back, Eustace! And when she returns, it's with a small stick of freeze-dried salmon that she feeds to the now-happy cat.
Idly, she starts making conversation again, her smile warm as the cat licks the crumbs from her hand.]
I used to have one when I was a kid.