Posted by Lieutenant Sheleah Ruby (Diplomatic Officer / CNS) in Clearing Mental Cobwebs (Tag CNS)

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The thought of that made Sheleah smile. Rex had the manners of a teenager sometimes but loved to play and knew when to keep his claws to himself.

“Did you have pets growing up?” she asked.

• Sheleah, CNS/DO

Brenna nodded, “Betazoid cats. Several, all the time. My mom bred them. And then we had a dog, a beagle from Earth. My dad visited there and fell in love with it and brought one home.”

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Sheleah couldn’t help but laugh at that.

“In my experience, Beagles are terrible. If you don’t have the right temperament to train them, I think they’re too smart for their own good. My daddy brought one back from I don’t know where. We had it 6 months before my mother convinced him that we might not be the right family for it. Of course you probably had a different experience.”

• Sheleah, CNS/DO

“Oh my dad loved him, spent hours working with him, training him, he was a really good dog. A lot of energy, and every once in a while he’d get the urge to howl non-stop. And he always gave me away when I was listening where I shouldn’t be. That’s when I found out I had a knack with animals. I learned how to keep him calm, or happy anyway. My dad always wanted a pack of them, so he could listen to them sing together. My mother said no.” Brenna grinned, “Luckily I have huskies they don’t like to howl together.”

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