<strong>Dr. Amanda Vernecoombe, Outside the Dog Cages<br/></strong><br/>My pen was shooting across the page at my usual frantic pace, my small messy handwriting making note after note, trying to catch exactly what the animals were saying to one another.<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote from: Notebook, page 2</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">quote D1- <em>'Quiet, .. they'll come and punish ....'</em> Possible evidence of animals looking out for each other (?) Tone unable to determine, try to pick up upon, anger, fear, pity... ?<br/>quote D2- <em>'Why punish? What place of .... sort is this? Where .. this?' </em>No prior knowledge of club, widespread knowledge not available (how common?), animals not given information (why? fear as control?) D2 possible of foreign origin, unknown. Find.<br/>Quote D1- <em>'Processing is done.  You're a dog now.  And you must not speak.  The ...... will hear you.' </em>D1 either knowledgeable of club or been longer- not fresh intake (Q.- ask if possible) <br/>quote D2-<em> 'Iie, is not dog. Is talking. Is thinking. Is... is... hating it! Dogs love it, Shizuku hates it'</em> D2 possibly Japanese (basis- Iie- no, Jap. Correct? Check). Knowledge of former name (Shizuku (?)) indicates memory intact, extent (?) Full/ partial?</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>I'd forgotten all about why I'd originally come to the cages- listening to these animals talk without an owner present was something I'd probably never get a chance to do again soon. I turned my head back behind me for a split second, checking if any trainers were coming. The last thing I wanted was for one to barge in and shut them up just as they were getting into what I hoped would become a full on conversation.