<strong>Vern ~ with Evie</strong><br/><br/>Vern stood. His arm gathering her against him. He unclipped her leash and hung it to his belt in a roll.<br/><br/>"let's go," Vern directed and took a shorter step then he would have normally.<br/><br/>She wasn't following this time. She was beside him and he was supporting her. No reason to make her work hard when she only had so much energy left. Later, hell yeah but for now she wouldn't be any good unless he saw to her needs.<br/><br/>They were heading down the long passage way that was Unit 13. He had a room here on the main wing because he chose to have one. He liked it here close to all the action.<br/><br/>Two rights and a left then the door at the end of the long line of cages in section L. He opened the door with one hand as he spoke.<br/><br/>"A couple more steps and stop," Vern said took the prescribed steps and leaned back to hit the lights.<br/><br/>The lights chased the darkness out of a place that looked like a combination weigh room  and a reptile habitat. There were four large glass aquariums the side of a tub and as tall as the ceiling with plants and soil a ultra violet light and heating rock. The weigh bench and weigh center was in the center of the room with the aquariums in a semi circle around it.<br/><br/>A fireplace was to the left of the sit up bench and a kitchen off to the right of the chin up bar. There was a door next to the kitchen.<br/><br/>Vern pointed to the door, "Bed room and bath. Go straight thru while I put Jethro back home with his supper."<br/><br/>