Maximoff emerges, unleashing her excitable puppy. The fluffy guy comes bounding for…me. My grin returns. “Who’s a good boy?” I squat and scratch behind his ears. “That’s you. Yeah, you know it, don’t you, Orion? My happy bud.” I feel Luna studying me and her dog like she’s never seen Man’s Best Friend before. I look up at her. “We’re best bros.” “Huh.” “I love dogs and dogs love me.” I leave out the fact that Kinney’s puppy would like to murder me in my sleep.
