More than anything

Greta hums, both pensive and a bit wry. "They do make puppies sound rather... demanding," she says. "Like you can't even leave them alone for a single second, or you'll ruin them." She supposes it makes sense for a puppy to need more minding than a grown dog, but fussing over them as if they're no different than a baby seems a bit much.

She does live close enough to her workplace to nip home every other hour to check on a puppy. Does she really want to, though?

"It seems as if the biggest reason to get a puppy is so you can get them used to people while they're young. But if they've got a grown dog who isn't hiding in the corner or snapping at strangers..." she shrugs. "And it might be nice to have something too big to sit on, if I ever brought it to work. Or big enough to survive being sat on." Most of the children at the Gardens would know better, but puppies -- and even small dogs -- are fragile things. She's not sure it would be wise to combine children who aren't quite sure how to handle a dog with a dog too young to know how to handle children.