This choice: Scare the larger dog away • Go Back...Chapter #8Scare the larger dog away by: Yote   The large dog barks aggressively, and Grodin shies away. Again, you question why anybody would have themselves changed into such a vulnerable body as a Scottish Terrier. You hang back hesitantly as the doggy drama unfolds, aware that interfering would immediately give away the fact that you've been stalking Grodin across half the city.
"E-excuse me," Grodin mutters, and tries to edge around the dog. A moment later, its teeth are around his throat. It shakes him around like he's a stuffed doll.
Shit! You grab a rock and hurl it. It goes wide, but a cry of "HEY!" causes the large dog to drop Grodin and scamper across the grass to its owner, as innocent as a puppy. To your outrage, you realise the 'hey' had been directed not at the animal, but at you. "Don't throw rocks at my dog!" the owner, a man as large and surly looking as his dog bellows at you.
"Keep it on a fucking lead then!" you snap back.
"Same to you, you prick!" the man snarls back, and stomps off across the park, whistling his dog to follow.
"He's not my dog!" you yell back. He yells something back at you, fortunately unintelligible.
You crouch to examine Grodin. His tiny body trembles as he gets awkwardly to his feet. His eyes have an odd glaze to them and his fur is matted with the other dog's saliva, but you're relieved to see no blood. "You alright, sir?"
Grodin looks around dazed, as if not quite sure where he is. "Yes... yes, I'm, ah, fine." Then he craned his body to look up at you. "Aren't you one of my students?"
"Uh. Y-yeah. Good job I was walking past when I saw you!" Grodin eyes you with suspicion, so you quickly add, "I should walk you home."
The terrier seems about to refuse, but then sighs and says, "Very well. If you must."
An awkward silence hangs between the two of you as you continue the journey, the little canine walking a little ahead of you as he leads you to his destination. Joggers pass you by and you smileat the knowledge that, to them, it must appear like you're taking your dog for a walk, rather than the other way around.
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