Paz can talk to animals. On break from Gunnerkrigg Court, she returns to her home in Spain and strikes up an immediate friendship with a puppy in her family dog's new litter that has a disability. A sad but moving dog story ensues.

Does the dog die? Debatable. The puppy bolts from an inflatable boat and evades rescue efforts to swim off into the ocean until he is out of sight, not to be seen again in the story. But this is a fantasy world, so who knows if he drowned or just kept swimming, becoming a sea creature in his own right as the sea glass from the start of the story becomes a precious stone in the end. ( )