He had noted her change in demeanor as well and slowly stopped engaging in the games of chase and their rough and tumble wrestling. One evening, whil...e she snuggled in his lap before the fire in their little cottage, he began to speak softly to her. She could hear the strained emotion in his voice and felt the cold hand of fear slowly close about her heart. He spoke haltingly, his voice filled with sadness. His gray eyes were filled with tears when he told her it was finally time for him to. “We need two that aren’t scared of noises,” I told the kind woman showing us round.“Well...” she sounded doubtful, “there are some older dogs, if you don’t mind an older dog. They’re black too, and rather large.”“We’ve got plenty of space, haven’t we,” said Faye, “but why does black make a difference?”“I don’t know, people don’t want them,” the woman replied sadly, “old black dogs always hang around.”“Oh that’s not fair,” Faye was instantly on their side, “can we see them?”We walked along to. " Yes Sir," I said as I closed my eyes. The next thing I felt was him placing a leather collar around my neck a chain rattling against me as well."You may open your eyes, my Pet" he said when he was finished.As I opened my eyes, I saw he had put his shorts back on and was smiling while holding a mirror in one hand and the end of a chain leash in the other. What I saw in the mirror was me on my knees with a wide padded collar around my neck and a 6-8 foot chain leash extending to his hand. I. ’ Gohan ignored the jab about his dad, knowing that he was referring more to the Saiyan’s overly trusting nature rather than his stupidity. Instead he was more bothered by the accusation that he was a bad liar. Why did everyone say that bout him? ‘Videl in particular liked to say it.’ ‘You’re still thinking about her aren’t you?’ This time Gohan couldn’t hide his discomfort and looked away from his dad’s friend as he tried to make a façade of being interested the office, it had after all been.