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You cough, fairly embarrased. "Uh ... sorry for shouting like that just now." you mumble, expecting to be brushed off as some bozo.
"Relax" the wolf grins, "you were just feeling the heat a little, a bit like your buddy here." He's still dribbling water into Fred's eager mouth, and rubbing a wet paw behind his ears. You feel a lot better for his casual forgiveness. "His name's Fred." you supply, "What's yours?" you ask, genuinely curious at meeting one of your own kind ... you bite back the thought.
"Rex", he supplies after a moment or two. "No, honestly!" he carries on quickly, seeing your expression, "My parents named me Rex, and it's just got more suitable lately." He looks embarrased, but resigned to at least some mockery. You don't want to upset your new found friend, though.
"I'm a morph, too." leaps from your mouth. It feels strange to hear it. "You said." Rex replies, and you feel slightly stupid. "Were you serious about that tale of yours?" He presses another pitcher, this time of orange juice, into your chubby paws. "No, scratch that. Anyone who comes out with that and expects to be believed must be serious!" You nod, fairly relieved that he believes you. "'Fraid so." It still sounds bizarre, and it happened to you.
After a few minutes of quiet, curiosity gets the better of you. "How ..." you trail off, acutely aware that you've completed only half your sentances so far.
"How did I get like this?" he finishes, "a bad accident. Seems they were testing some new medical treatment, the orderly slipped and BAM!, I've got a hypo in my butt."
"Why're you working here?"
"For a living. There aren't too many places happy to have a wolf on the team. I was no good at children's parties."
"You scared the kids?"
"The parents. The kids loved me. So now I work here, part of the parade, engineer and odd-job wolf. It's humiliating, but it pays." His smile twists, suddenly very bitter, and very forlorn. Your heart goes out to him.
Written by Lupine (edited by wanderer)