Despite herself, she was starting to enjoy it.
… having these feelings of a young woman coming from a tiny dog was peculiar. Obviously he wasn't about to go doing anything untoward with a dog, no matter how human she really was. His usual tactics did not at all apply to this situation.
Such a tentative little bark. "So meek, petite bleu!" He rubbed her and rinsed her and generally tried to get all of the soap from her, fingertips making little circles all over her back. "What a shy girl you are." He set the sink to drain, and grabbed a towel, putting it on an empty spot of counter so that he could set her on top of it. He rubbed at her to dry her off, aware of how much she was shivering.
He had never actually tried to wash an animal this small. Was it safe to wash them, even? For all he knew, at this size they could tolerate only dust baths without freezing to death. That would be unfortunate. Might be more worrying if she would be staying a tiny dog.
"I will not sing again if you will not sing with me," he warned falsely. He quite liked to sing. "You must howl," he said, practically buffing her entire body with the towel between his hands. "Howl to the moon, so she knows that you love her!" When she was as dry as he thought he could get her, he grabbed a spare hand towel, picked her up and wrapped her in it as if he was swaddling a baby.
How he assumed one swaddled a baby. He'd never had reason to. He did not care for children.
He tucked her into the crook of his arm, a tidy little bundle of towel with a dog's face poking out of it. "Nessun dorma," he began, rocking a little in the universal dance of a man holding a dog and singing to it. "Come, now, you must sing too – awoo. Let me hear your fiercest howl, to strike terror in the hearts of men."
… having these feelings of a young woman coming from a tiny dog was peculiar. Obviously he wasn't about to go doing anything untoward with a dog, no matter how human she really was. His usual tactics did not at all apply to this situation.
Such a tentative little bark. "So meek, petite bleu!" He rubbed her and rinsed her and generally tried to get all of the soap from her, fingertips making little circles all over her back. "What a shy girl you are." He set the sink to drain, and grabbed a towel, putting it on an empty spot of counter so that he could set her on top of it. He rubbed at her to dry her off, aware of how much she was shivering.
He had never actually tried to wash an animal this small. Was it safe to wash them, even? For all he knew, at this size they could tolerate only dust baths without freezing to death. That would be unfortunate. Might be more worrying if she would be staying a tiny dog.
"I will not sing again if you will not sing with me," he warned falsely. He quite liked to sing. "You must howl," he said, practically buffing her entire body with the towel between his hands. "Howl to the moon, so she knows that you love her!" When she was as dry as he thought he could get her, he grabbed a spare hand towel, picked her up and wrapped her in it as if he was swaddling a baby.
How he assumed one swaddled a baby. He'd never had reason to. He did not care for children.
He tucked her into the crook of his arm, a tidy little bundle of towel with a dog's face poking out of it. "Nessun dorma," he began, rocking a little in the universal dance of a man holding a dog and singing to it. "Come, now, you must sing too – awoo. Let me hear your fiercest howl, to strike terror in the hearts of men."
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