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The dog honors were on Saturday, and she wouldn't miss them. She didn't care that it meant she'd have to skip what sounded like an honest-to-god date with an honest-to-god decent guy who wasn't half bad-looking. That was just a date. This was her partner finally getting the recognition she deserved. "I'm sorry," she said. "I have to be there for my bitch." The guy blinked in startlement at her. "I'm a cop," she explained with half a laugh--she must be tireder than she'd thought to slip into cop slang around a civ. "My canine partner is getting honored this Saturday, and I have to be there." "Ah." He paused for thought. "Would you like to meet--

Inspiration: "Labradors Fetch Top Dog Honor"
Story Potential: High, actually, at least as a setup.
Notes: Maybe I just have a soft spot for augmented animals? Man's best friend and all that? Though--monkeys would be awesomer. Especially if it was set in India. Hmm. On the minus side, I wouldn't be able to use the phrase, "Cop bitch," in all seriousness.
My monkey gets angry, sometimes. Then I know it's time to go and hide in the cage. I hope that they don't realize that I'm not the same as my monkey, but really, the longer we're together the more I realize how similar we are. If I get out of this, if I ever go to a zoo, I think I'll be sick. The monkey knows when they're coming. I don't know how she realizes it, but she always knows. She'll start baring her teeth and running around the room like she's trying to find a safe tree to climb. Then I know that it's time to climb into the cage. If I really was a monkey, I guess I'd rock back and forth. I want to. But I have to remind myself that I'm not a monkey, sometimes. They give me monkey food, they don't--

Inspiration: "My Monkey" - Jonathan Coulton
Story Potential: Low.
Notes: Alien abduction, kept with the monkeys she used to work with, etc. etc.

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