Emily let Brutus lead her into PetStop. Brutus approached a male employee. "I'm looking for something to stimulate my Emily's imagination."
"What?" The teen asked him.
"Something new and exciting," Brutus told him.
"Well," he thought. "We have this new electronic toy...it can roll off on its own, so your human can chase it. How about that?"
"Maybe," he said. "Show me," he said.
Emily let her instincts carry her as Brutus walked with her, really trying to hatch a plan. She was in control, not that other Emily who was in her mind. She needed a way to tell Brutus what was going on. She couldn't speak, she'd tried. She couldn't pick up a pen...but maybe there was a way she could write him a message...
They turned, and Emily suddenly came face to face with...