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Tines description excerpts
"(...) the puppies were beautiful. Considering all the thousands of years that dogs have been bred by humans (and others), this could have been some oddball breed... but only just. The hair was short and dense, a deep velour of black and white. The two tones lay in broad swaths with no intermediate grays. (...) The tail was a short, unimpressive flap covering its rear. There were hairless patches on its shoulders and head [and haunches], where Jefri could see black skin. But the strangest thing was the long, supple neck. It would look more natural on a [seal] than a dog." -Jefri meeting Amdi for the first time
"Whatever her homeworld, he guessed that winter around Marquette was the time of year most homelike for [the singleton]. Take her coloring: stark black and white, mixed in wide curves and swirls. He’d seen that pattern in pictures of ice-pack seals. When there was snow on the ground, she was practically invisible. She was fifty meters ahead of him now. From this distance, [she] could almost pass for a dog, some kind of greyhound maybe. But the paws were too large, and the neck too long. The head looked more like a seal’s than a dog’s." -Hamid describing The Blabber
"Dogs or wolves, she had thought before. That didn't really describe them. Sure, they had four slender legs and pointy little ears. But with their long necks and occasionally reddish eyes, might as well be huge rats." -Johanna, in a highly uncharitable mood
"Whatever her homeworld, he guessed that winter around Marquette was the time of year most homelike for [the singleton]. Take her coloring: stark black and white, mixed in wide curves and swirls. He’d seen that pattern in pictures of ice-pack seals. When there was snow on the ground, she was practically invisible. She was fifty meters ahead of him now. From this distance, [she] could almost pass for a dog, some kind of greyhound maybe. But the paws were too large, and the neck too long. The head looked more like a seal’s than a dog’s." -Hamid describing The Blabber
"Dogs or wolves, she had thought before. That didn't really describe them. Sure, they had four slender legs and pointy little ears. But with their long necks and occasionally reddish eyes, might as well be huge rats." -Johanna, in a highly uncharitable mood