“You can’t know these things about me,” he says. “You just imagine that I am the one you need.” Blind takes the sleeve away. “I do sometimes become a changeling,” he says. “And it’s a lot like being a dog. I’m sorry, but I happen to know for sure whom I’d follow if I were a pup. That’s about the only difference between us: I’m a little bit more of a dog than you are.” “You’re a little bit more of a whole bunch of things,” Humpback mutters. “And a little less of a human. No space for him, with so much other stuff in there.” “But you like dogs.” “They’re better than humans.” “Then I am better,
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