Hear No Evil, See No Evil

Chorus: You understand that one is broken, right?

For her first week here, Faith would spend 30-45 minutes at a time staring Snickers down, making sure he didn't do anything stupid. Or for that matter, anything at all.

Snickers: The new big stupid things I'm stupid? Mrowf!

I was all set to try to get a picture of that, But as you can see, Faith has concluded that Snickers is broken, and doesn't respond to staring. This is very puzzling to her, and she has been throwing and consulting the nylabones non-stop to figure out how she can lift the anti-herding curse that seems to have fallen on her. Cats are tricksy that way. After all, Snickers may have something preciousss in its pocketses. Yess. Or his bowl, anyway. Still, gotta make sure the poor feller doesn't up and disappear on us. It ain't much, but it's a job.

Snickers, for his part, can't quite figure out why Faith does not seem to respond to warning hisses, the occasional spitting noise, or threatening looks. Only whapping works, and that's just too much like work.

Snickers: Is the tiny big stupid really as dense as the big big stupid and the little big stupid? I mean: just how much density can the world survive without imploding? Can you check if my term-life kibble insurance covers gravitational implosion?

Trevor, being the alpha dog in the house, seems to feel that Faith shouldn't score higher on any criteria, and certainly shouldn't win the "Who's the biggest stupid?" contest unchallenged. So he periodically interceeds to inform Faith that Snickers has paid his protection kibble (Snickers and Trevor each prefer the other's kibble) and should be left alone. Then he tries to inform Snickers that Faith is now part of the family, and that Snickers should straighten up, quit whining at Faith, and get on with whining to be fed - especially since when Snickers gets fed everybody gets fed.

Trevor: Look, Snickers. One paw washes the other, right?

Snickers: Licks paw. Considers. Whaps Trevor on general principles. Meow. Feed me now!

Faith ignores Trevor and Snickers whaps him on the nose for his troubles, so apparently Faith and Snickers have established a lasting common basis for a positive working relationship.

Snickers: But I still think she's stupid! I mean, she's a (sniff) dog!