sleepy_clement 🌟
2026-02-10 14:13 🇦🇺
the sighthound understands that to the owner, physical defects are equivalent to moral ones in imperfection. the sighthound therefore learns to run at full sprint with broken fingers and toes it broke in error, but knows that showing to the owner would do nothing and make things worse. the sighthound learns to never speak of the seizure.
the sighthound leaves the kennel and walks into the field. it is, despite everything, beautiful. the feeling of the wind brushing past it as it sprints, the sun on its coat, the dirt under its feet that pound against the floor. the feel of hare's blood on its tongue after a good chase. its satisfying, to stand there having beaten this round, taking a second to admire the birds singing in the trees. their song weaves through the branches, past the beautiful golden-green of translucent oak leaves catching rays, floating up until they mingle with the clouds that slowly make their way across the sky, like a dove's down feathers in a lazy breeze.
the owner's back.
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the sighthound leaves the kennel and walks into the field. it is, despite everything, beautiful. the feeling of the wind brushing past it as it sprints, the sun on its coat, the dirt under its feet that pound against the floor. the feel of hare's blood on its tongue after a good chase. its satisfying, to stand there having beaten this round, taking a second to admire the birds singing in the trees. their song weaves through the branches, past the beautiful golden-green of translucent oak leaves catching rays, floating up until they mingle with the clouds that slowly make their way across the sky, like a dove's down feathers in a lazy breeze.
the owner's back.
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