Terri laughs at that saying because, hey, veterinarian and also hobby farmer and also animal rescuer because people can be cruel to those who are helpless. So she has Stripper, the Basset hound/Beagle mix, and whatever fosters are hanging around, plus the horses she shares with her best friend, Sophie - who's always prowling the woods and highways and downtown Orlando because of who (what) she is, bringing home strays ("How is it you can befriend animals? You're an apex predator. Don't they know that?"
Sophie shrugs, a fluid movement that involves her whole body. "I've never asked.").
Then there's Mato, her boyfriend, and James, his cousin - and they find more animals, and of course, everyone in town knows who she is and that she won't turn an animal away.
But Stripper sometimes growls at the newest, or at James' own dog, Sunka. When she growls at Sophie, Terri bites her lip but Sophie understands the old rescue dog. She goes belly up and whines like a pup until Stripper slobbers all over her. When Stripper crawls on top of her chest (and lies there, an anchor while she thoroughly cleans Sophie's face), Sophie tells Terri, "You gotta speak the language."
And Terri knows, as close as she is to these animals, and her friend (and her friend's pack - Sophie's family; Terri's family, too), she'll never be able to speak the language as well as a native speaker.
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Date: 2021-05-26 11:21 am (UTC)Terri laughs at that saying because, hey, veterinarian and also hobby farmer and also animal rescuer because people can be cruel to those who are helpless. So she has Stripper, the Basset hound/Beagle mix, and whatever fosters are hanging around, plus the horses she shares with her best friend, Sophie - who's always prowling the woods and highways and downtown Orlando because of who (what) she is, bringing home strays ("How is it you can befriend animals? You're an apex predator. Don't they know that?"
Sophie shrugs, a fluid movement that involves her whole body. "I've never asked.").
Then there's Mato, her boyfriend, and James, his cousin - and they find more animals, and of course, everyone in town knows who she is and that she won't turn an animal away.
But Stripper sometimes growls at the newest, or at James' own dog, Sunka. When she growls at Sophie, Terri bites her lip but Sophie understands the old rescue dog. She goes belly up and whines like a pup until Stripper slobbers all over her. When Stripper crawls on top of her chest (and lies there, an anchor while she thoroughly cleans Sophie's face), Sophie tells Terri, "You gotta speak the language."
And Terri knows, as close as she is to these animals, and her friend (and her friend's pack - Sophie's family; Terri's family, too), she'll never be able to speak the language as well as a native speaker.
Oh, jealousy.