“I have an announcement:
I think I may be a villain.
This is because in this book, as in almost all of fiction, the doggo is a good judge of character.
Whether it be in the opening pages of the very first Goosebumps book, present in Terminator movies, or Young Hellboyâs pal, dogs always seem to know if youâre rotten. They do their best to alert those in danger, which never works out, but still, they try.
I am not normally beloved by pets. Not for any real reason, Iâve dogsat several times and all the dogs involved came around on me being in their house, even a couple dogs who were pretty goddamn wild. Iâm just not the person who anyone would say dogs instantly love.
Which is an interesting trait that Iâm not sure anyone possesses, rather I think people THINK they are instantly beloved by dogs, but really they just, I donât know, mostly meet nice dogs.
So either this whole thing where dogs sniff out evil is accurate and Iâm going to take a real turn soon, or dogs are just lovable dummies who are not great assessors of threats.
Watch out, I guess. “