FVN Chapter 332 Doggo Was Lonely, So I Give Pats
Chapter 332 Doggo Was Lonely, So I Give Pats
Everyone was looking at me patting the doggy.
The border collie gave a whine and started panting, her tail wagging quite enthusiastically from the belly scratches I was giving to her.
"Does she have a name?" I asked.
"What?" The thief that tried to stop us muttered.
"Does she have a name?" I repeated, looking at him.
"She? Who? Sorry?"
I gestured at the doggo that I was currently patting, "I'm asking for her name."
He blinked at me, clearly not having any idea what I was talking about.
"I... Don't understand. Are you asking what kind of thing this is? It's a dog."
"Do you guys operate on not having names or something? Do you guys have names?"
"Yes?"
"Yeah, so what's her name? Or you never gave her one?"
"Why... Why would we give a name to a dog?"
Damn... Is that the norm here? I don't even know...
The dog had a collar on her so I assumed that they at least gave her a name but I guess to them, it's like giving a name to your power armour or even your gun.
Sure, some people might do that but most people probably wouldn't.
I guess... To people like them, dogs aren't any different from weapons that they just need to feed from time to time which may or may not kill them if they don't have the control collar on them.
I huffed, feeling a little dissatisfied at that which prompted me to slow down my patting and the dog noticed.
She whined a little and I returned my full attention to her and started rubbing her belly even faster.
The doggo let out another whine as her tongue rolled out of its maw to pant as I continued to rub her belly, her paws twitching slightly.
So cute~
Understandably, everyone else was just standing there watching me pat it until I stopped to look at the thieves, "Are you guys stopping for a break or what?"
That seemed to wake them up as they realised they had stopped moving and quickly went back to moving the boxes.
All except for the person who had tried to stop me as he continued to stare at me patting the doggo.
"Hmm... I see... Are all of your organic food stolen?"
He raised an eyebrow, "You have a problem with that?"
"It was just a question. I was wondering where you were sourcing them from."
He relaxed slightly, "Most of them, yes. But if you're hoping to learn about why through me, I can tell you I have no idea either and I'm not interested in learning why. We're just here to take advantage of the market demand and that's it."
Well... Guess that was a dead end.
He then continued, "Listen... I suppose we did get off on the wrong foot but let's start over, alright? I'm Naos, leader of the Dark Stalkers. We specialise in breaking into places and taking stuff that people don't want to be taken and also selling stuff that people don't want to be sold. So if you ever have a need for such services, don't hesitate to contact me."
He tapped on his personal terminal and I received a request to add him as a contact.
Seeing that it was better to have more contacts anyway, I accepted it.
"I'll keep that in mind. I'm Tera, captain of the Teran Mercenary Company. I suppose if you need some Mercs or something you contact me as well, though right now we're focusing on doing some black market trading at the moment."
"Yes, I figured that. No wait... Are you that Tera? The one who helped the military take out that pirate lord back at Cietai system?"
I raised an eyebrow, "I'm surprised you know about that."
"Of course I would, that was a pretty big deal you know?" He groaned before smacking himself in the head. "I suppose I should count myself lucky that you guys didn't actually kill me back at that hotel huh... Ahem... Anyway, nice doing business with you but we do have other appointments to keep. I'm serious about the contact though, we're up for hire in case you need something stolen or smuggled and you don't want to get your hands dirty. I'll even throw in a discount for your first request as a sign of goodwill."
"That's quite generous of you," I pointed out.
"Hey, if I can't even get the interest of a Gold ranked Merc like you, then I might as well just hang up my cloak and retire. Anyway, see ya."
He gave me a casual salute before turning to join the rest of his group, leaving my ship entirely.
I watched the door close after him and Mara immediately came out from the shadows to storm towards me.
"Tera... You owe me an explanation right now," She demanded.
I looked at her in surprise, "Eh? About what?"
"That was a dog-- Wait... Ah... I forgot, you're from another universe... I suppose that might be the reason... You were really not scared of the dog at all?"
"Are you?"
"If a dog manages to surprise me before I can react, I can be killed by them. So they are definitely a threat to me though I wouldn't say I'm 'scared' of them. But for you to just let it approach you like that... I don't think there's anyone in existence who can do what you did."
Amber then wrapped her arm around her shoulder, "Oh you have no idea Mara~ I have a nice story to tell you and some videos to share with you as well~ Why don't we just step somewhere else where I can traumatise you?"
Without even waiting for her answer, Amber started to pull the doctor away, leaving me on my own.
Err... Ok... I guess we'll take a break before going back to investigating the White Powder then...