Well. That was horrifying. It was his turn to drop his guard a little.
"For some dogs, it's a preventative health-care thing. But in a lot of cases it's cosmetic, which..." He curled his lip a little. "We have a vet at our shelter, but she refuses to perform a docking procedure unless there's some evidence the dog will suffer otherwise."
He lifted his sword again.
"I... don't know what to say," he admitted, "about what you just told me. Except that I'd like to show the business end of this sword to anybody who would do that to a person as punishment. And I wish there was no reason for people to want so desperately to fit in that badly."
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"... Yeah, a bit like that."
Well. That was horrifying. It was his turn to drop his guard a little.
"For some dogs, it's a preventative health-care thing. But in a lot of cases it's cosmetic, which..." He curled his lip a little. "We have a vet at our shelter, but she refuses to perform a docking procedure unless there's some evidence the dog will suffer otherwise."
He lifted his sword again.
"I... don't know what to say," he admitted, "about what you just told me. Except that I'd like to show the business end of this sword to anybody who would do that to a person as punishment. And I wish there was no reason for people to want so desperately to fit in that badly."