The perspective is well done, very alien and disorienting, disconcerting. The dialog was a little weird, and the actual point of the story was a little lost on me though.

Reading the notes on "Roog," his first sale, and a biographical story about a dog he really had, helped a lot. It was a bit clumsy on initial read, but the added context of the notes gave it a lot more pathos and even majesty. Bumps it up a half star at least. ( )