[ Ephemera returns dressed in jeans and a loose sweatshirt, the sleeves flecked with paint. He leans against the wall, smiling a little. Sable looks thrilled to have a new person paying attention to her, her tail going like a piston. Sometimes she gets nippy and Ephemera doesn't notice - too much nerve damage, he thinks - but they're working on that. And one day she'll have enough stamina to go on runs with him. ]

Yeah. Apparently she'll grow into hers.

[ She's got big honking paws already. ]

Never had a dog before her. Got chased by them a few times when I was a kid, that was about it.