If Nicaise noticed, he pretended not to. He knew well about hiding emotions, of needing to appear strong even when you felt at your weakest.
"I didn't want a dog at all, I didn't know what the point was. I've never had an animal before, not even a horse. I just thought they were smelly," Nicaise said, and he still thought they were. At least most of them. He gave Toulouse baths and had found that he didn't stink like the hunting hounds in Vere, or the dog event in the park.
"Have you had one?" he asked, and then motioned to the building they'd come to. "Here is my apartment, it's called High Gate Terrace. We'll have to take the elevator to the very top floor."
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"I didn't want a dog at all, I didn't know what the point was. I've never had an animal before, not even a horse. I just thought they were smelly," Nicaise said, and he still thought they were. At least most of them. He gave Toulouse baths and had found that he didn't stink like the hunting hounds in Vere, or the dog event in the park.
"Have you had one?" he asked, and then motioned to the building they'd come to. "Here is my apartment, it's called High Gate Terrace. We'll have to take the elevator to the very top floor."