Challenge #02785-G228: Helper’s Eye View
Created as helpers/aides. They are infertile, so how do they regard their charges? They are not slave or servant, even though they look after their charge. Remember Julie and Nanny, but how does the process work both from the Augment’s view and the charges. – Bonding
I am Borf. I am good dog. This is Len, they are my pup. My pup is bigger than me, and has been since I was a pup. That is the way of it. I do the things Len can not. I was made for them. We are happy. All is good.
I remember for Len. I remember mealtime, bathtime, sleep time. I remember good food and bad food and sometimes food. I help with domestic mathematics and decisions for Len’s future. Good dog.
Len helps me remember too. Len remembers fun and birthdays and clothes and makes tricky detailed carvings with sharp things. Len remembers to be careful with the sharp things. Len helps with the medicine when I make a mistake. Len is good pup.
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Challenge #01771-D310: Helper Dragon
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Eldarol Vale, the sign read. Here there be dragons. And it was amusing since Elderol Vale was the Pet Dragon capital of the world. The best breeders came from Elderol Vale. The best breeds came from there. The most sincere and severe show judges grew up there, and knew what was good for the animals. In smaller print, the sign boasted, Zero rapes since the Year of the Eternally Staring Owl.
Dragons may be small, but they were good guardians of their owners. They could go from soppy, half-asleep pet to whirling ball of sharpened and angry pain in instants if they felt their owner was threatened. Maidens trained them to sit on their shoulders. Mothers kept them next to their babies. The anxious or the fearful had little to be afraid of with a dragon clinging lovingly to their body heat.
Legends tell of enormous dragons. Bigger than cities. Sleeping on hoards of gold or gems. But those were laughable. Everyone knew that dragons never got larger than a housecat. And they would guard anyone and anything they got attached to. They also came in handy for lighting fires. A dragon was second only to dogs as being mankind’s best friend. They were also ideal for allergy sufferers, since they had no fur or dander. Something Faline was looking forward to.