Wearing a belt with five different dog leads attached via various buckles, Mila wandered down the sidewalk pointing out objects of interest, gasping at each. “Look, Wallaby!” A retriever cocked his head as if expecting a treat. “That butterfly’s cool. But we can’t sniff them. I know, it super sucks. I tried to stroke one, once, but that’s bad, ‘cause it hurts their wings.” The sightseeing tour proceeded, in the middle of chattering about a crack in the pavement that she insisted everybody “hop over, paws up, those give people curses!” when a turned corner had someone else entering their path. Somehow, they wound up tangled in a flurry of yips and fur, bound at the ankles. “Beeboo, don’t be rude. Inside voices, people! It’s -- sorry,” came with a hastily flashed smile, attempting to work out how to possibly rectify the situation, leads looped in knots. “Um... Sorry, I’m not--... Ummm... I’m not so good at puzzles. Jigsaws are super hard, so this is, like, really hard, and--... Nibbles, please don’t nibble! Sorry, he really loves ankles. I think maybe if he was named Waggles, instead, he’d do that, more. But Nibbles is still pretty cute.” @irvingstarters