“Woolly's blankets are in museums, but the pack swears the sleeping pile is warmer with her at the center. Duchess measured it with her nose. Science.”
Warmth is a renewable resource.

“She holds court on the good cushion and accepts tribute in chicken.”
A Ember dog of The Tiny Ones
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Duchess descends from sled-pulling Spitz, and the six-pound body is the one thing she has never forgiven the universe for. She was carried home in a teacup as a puppy and decided immediately that she was not the pet — she was the appointment. The good cushion has been her throne ever since, and the household schedule now quietly runs around her nap.
She has instituted a tribute system: anyone who wishes to sit on the good cushion must produce chicken. The humans comply. They tell themselves it is cute, which is exactly what she wants them to think.
Winter is coming, and Duchess intends to be carried through it like a small fur-covered empress. She has begun sitting beside the good coat — the one with the deep pocket — and staring at it meaningfully.
“Woolly's blankets are in museums, but the pack swears the sleeping pile is warmer with her at the center. Duchess measured it with her nose. Science.”
Warmth is a renewable resource.
Chihuahuas, pomeranians, Yorkies — two pounds of conviction each. They do not know they are small and will be offended if you mention it. They run the house. You live there.
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