14. A Name and a Promise
He named her Snarf, after a character from his dad’s favorite cartoon growing up, and they quickly became friends.
Tommy would sit with Snarf for hours, talking to her as if she were human. He told her about his favorite comics, his dreams of becoming a superhero, and his loneliness at school.
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Snarf would listen attentively, her tail wagging in understanding. One day, as Tommy was feeding Snarf, he heard his mother calling him from inside the house.