I loved the whole bit with the dog. Rufus reminds me of my dog (except for being 20 times the size).

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He glanced down at the dog and in a sterner voice said, “And there’s not going to be any more problems, are there? Not even if the lady is carrying a cooked chicken in a shopping bag.”

The dog glanced up with a guilty look, although Clark suspected that the look wasn’t sincere.
Yep, that's a typical dog. laugh

After all the angst, it's nice to see a bit of light-heartedness.

"Oh, you can’t help that," said the Cat: "we’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad."
"How do you know I’m mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "or you wouldn’t have come here.”

- Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland