Stallion shook his head. His vision cleared, & he & his other were somewhere else entirely. S2 squeaked. "I couldn't watch," explained Stallion. A muffled whining told them Bruce had felt the same.
"Let's watch a movie!" he said.
"Something with subtitles?" suggested S2, having given up wondering.
"You could read me a story," said Bruce.
"You could read us one, it seems," said S2.
"Dogs have a different metabolism," Bruce admitted.
S2 bolted.
"You'd think he wasn't me, wouldn't you?" Stallion asked Bruce.
"Arf arf," yapped the Bruce, not quite tongue-tied.
"I see," said the Stallion.
"Well enough to get us back?" asked Bruce.
"Without him, I'm slightly cross-eyed," Stallion blushed.
"Without him, I'll never know you," Bruce declared & wagged his tail again.
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Cousin took the message. "I've gotta go," giving up his position.
"You can't, you're the pivot!" #3 told him.
"Don't worry," soothed Manuel, "because on the next page, Silenus reveals music's not all he can teach."
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