Conversation between Dusty and Lizzie, male mutt and female cattle dog, part 4:

“Oh.”

“What?”

“That.”

“What?”

“That. Right there.”

“This?”

“Yes.”

“Lick it again?”

“Yes.”

“Here?”

“There.”

“Like this?”

“Just like that.”

“Uh oh.”

“Uh oh?”

“Uh oh.”

“What?”

“Something is different.”

“Different?”

“Different.”

“How?”

“Something came out.”

”Something came out?”

“Something came out.”

“What came out?”

“Wet. Pink. From inside.”

“From inside?”

“Yes.”

“From inside me?”

“Yes.”

“…”

“I think …”

“What do you think?”

“I think you are broken.”

“Broken?”

“Yes. Leaking. From inside.”

“Then stop”

“Stop?”

“Stop!”

“OK.”

“Um …”

“I stopped.”

“Yes, you stopped.”

“It’s gone.”

“Gone?”

“Gone.”

“No more leaking?

“No leaking.”

“Good.”

“Good.”

“Do it again.”

“Here?”

“There.”

“Like this?”

“Like that.”

“Uh …”

“Just like that.”

“But …”

“Like that.”

“You’re coming out.”

“Again?”

“Again.”

“Stop!”

“I stopped.”

“You stopped.”

“It’s gone.”

“Good. No, not good.”

“Not good?”

“Not good.”

“…”

“Start again.”

“Here?”

“There.”

“Like this?”

“Like that.”

“You’re leaking again.”

“Yes, I’m leaking.”

“Stop?”

“No, don’t stop.”

“But you are broken.”

“I am leaking.”

“You are leaking.”

“But I …”

“Yes?”

“I feel …”

“Yes?”

“Not broken.

“Not broken?”

“Not broken. At all.”

“But you are leaking.”

“Yes.”

“From inside.”

“Yes.”

“But you aren’t broken?”

“No.”

“Then what are you?”

“Good.”

“Good?”

“Really good.”

“Really good?”

“Really good.”

“Because of this?”

“Because of that.”

“Then i will stop.”

“Don’t stop.”

“I’m going to stop.”

“Don’t stop.”

“I’m stopping.”

“You’re stopping.”

“I’ll go again.”

“You will?”

“If …”

“If what?”

“Give me your food.”

“My food?

“Your food.”

“Done.”

“Then I will go again.”

“You’re going again.”

“Yes.”

“Yes. Yes. Yes. YES! Stop.”

“Stop?”

“Stop.”

“I’ve stopped.”

“You stopped.”

“…”

“…”

“Wanna turn?”

“OK.”

“Um …”

“What.”

“I can’t find it.”

“what?”

“The thing.”

“The thing?”

“The thing that breaks and feels good.”

“Oh. That thing.”

“That thing.”

“Good guess.”

“Here?”

“Yes, there.”

“Here?”

“There.”

“Here.”

“Yes. There. There.”

“I’m stopping.”

“Don’t stop.”

“I’ve stopped.”

“You stopped. Why?”

“Food.”

“Food?”

“Give me your food.”

“No.”

“No?”

“No.”

“OK. Here?”

“There.”