Fifteen Dogs

They had been swift and clear, and one had to admit that clarity,

speculating about the canine brought him closer to Nira as well.

new language

Listen, small dog, he said. Humans do not always mean what is meant by the sounds they make. You must be careful.

It was best to let those in power do what they wished while finding some advantage in it for oneself.

They were, in effect, dogs imitating dogs.

That being the case, he wondered why the leader should not be him.

Perfect understanding between beings is no guarantor of happiness. To perfectly understand another’s madness, for instance, is to be mad oneself. The veil that separates earthly beings is, at times, a tragic barrier, but it is also, at times, a great kindness.

It was traumatic to know oneself to be a simple dog but to live in a world where other dogs treated you as something other.