Not too many pups where I’m from. Fighting rings on occasion. Strays to feed scraps and then throw around some bound twine. The occasional bigger one’d be shipped to the wizards. J can become a dog sometimes – bigger than me she is! She tackled me a year ago and in bed I can still feel it in my back. I need to figure out how to turn her into a dog again – I want to pet her as one. Dogs are the cutest thing!

I don't stand much for dragons, on the other hand. Thinking of dogs gets me thinking of dragons too. They're bigger and coloured in strange ways, some are metallic and shine like a new masthead, some are dark as pitch. All breathe dangerous things. Dragons are not the cutest thing.