Sissel	So Missile, you've really been the star of the show lately.
Lynne	Mr. Popular! Just don't let it go to your head.
Missile	Don't worry! As long as I have Miss Kamila and you, Miss Lynne, you're all I'll ever need!
Lynne	Well, you've certainly been living up to your name, Missile. Ever since the day we met.
Sissel	How did you end up living with this critter anyway, Lynne?
Missile	"Critter"? What's that supposed to mean?!
Lynne	Hmm, let's see... I met this little guy... maybe two years ago now? At Pet Shop Bocci.
Missile	I remember! I'd just been born and was only a tiny ball of fluff back then -- I didn't even know my left paw from my right.
Lynne	As for me, I'd just joined the police force. My life had totally changed... and I needed a friend.
Sissel	A friend?
Lynne	Yeah, for Kamila. I was going to be pulling a lot of late nights, and I thought she might get lonely.
Sissel	Ah, so that's why you decided to get the little doggie.
Lynne	Um, no... not exactly.
Sissel	Eh?
Lynne	I actually went to look at the birds. They're so small and their voices are so sweet.
Missile	Birds are for the birds. Look away for one second and they'll fly right off.
Lynne	Fish would've been nice, too. Pretty little tropical fish swimming around in a big aquarium.
Missile	Forget about fish. No matter how beautiful they are, you'll get sick of looking at them eventually.
Sissel	Careful there, Missile. Your approval rating is tanking.
Lynne	In any case, I was convinced a dog was a terrible idea. I wasn't going to be home much, and they have a lot of needs, right?
Missile	But think about it! Even when I did bite the hand that feeds me, it brought us closer together!
Lynne	That's easy for you to say... Anyway, I completely skipped over all the dogs in the store, as I recall.
Sissel	So then... how? How did you end up with this hooligan?
Lynne	Kamila fell for him -- hard. This little guy was in his cage, staring at us through its bars with this pitiful look on his face and tears in his eyes.
Missile	In my defense, I was a bit desperate.
Lynne	The lady at the shop took him out of the cage, and then...
Sissel	And then...?
Lynne	He suddenly jumped up on my coat, sunk his teeth into the badge on my chest, and tore it off.
Sissel	What the...?
Missile	Back then, I loved pulling off buttons, and I'd never seen such a big button before... So I went for it!
Lynne	That wasn't a button!
Missile	I'm sorry, Miss Lynne... I was a bad doggie.
Lynne	You left two little bite marks on it. But I wasn't angry -- you just made me sad, because that badge means so much to me.
Sissel	So then... how? How did you end up with this ruffian?
Missile	Sissel, I've been letting you speak your mind for the last few minutes, but...
Lynne	When he saw that I was sad, Missile quietly came over, gave me back my badge, and started licking my hand.
Sissel	Oh...
Lynne	That's when I realized... even if he couldn't speak, he could still understand what I was feeling.
Missile	Miss Lynne...
Lynne	Since then, he hasn't once bitten into any of our stuff.
Missile	Because I decided then that I would never let anyone or anything make you or Miss Kamila sad, ever again!
Sissel	Heh. Even though that was the very first thing you did?
Missile	You didn't need to go there, you know!