[quote=NoahFire]
"... How about Thome?" I ask and scratch him behind his ears. I sit down and put him on my lap as I keep scratching and petting him behind his ears.
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"Yay! Thome! My name is Thome! I am Thome!" He cries, obviously immensely happy, panting and yipping, licking you with his now normal tongue.