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He smiled softly as he did his best to contain his emotions. He didn't want to frighten her or make her feel any worse than she already did. "I miss them too, and I do believe someday they'll come back." And if they never did? Maybe by that time, the pups would just forget about them. It was possible right? They were still very young. Maybe they'd become nothing but a distant, foggy memory or even part of a dream. While he didn't totally wish for that to happen, perhaps it was for the best if it did.

He wanted to do something now to help ease the pain of their leaving. A distraction perhaps. Were they too young to start learning certain things? What would be a good distraction? He mulled it over and ultimately decided to leave it up to her. Leaning his head over hers to peer into her eyes, he asked "How would you like to do something with me today? I was going to check the borders but I'd rather do whatever you want to do today. How about it?"