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Description
Handler name: Jess
Tokota Import: Titan 12771
Themes featured and brief summary of how they are explored: Family — Titan is reflecting on his love for his son, Truffle 57612

Short Story (WC: 541)
From the moment the little white pup had been born, Titan had been smitten by the little guy. Ophelia — the pup’s mother — had birthed mostly white pups in the past, but none like this one. This pup was white as snow, with little pink ears, toes, and nose. He looked so completely out of place among his littermates that Titan couldn’t help himself… he sniffed the pup, licking it tenderly as the small creature whimpered. When the pup’s eyes had opened, their lilac colour further differentiated the special little pup from his litter mates.
Titan spent much time helping Ophelia raise the pups, but his attention always landed on the little white pup, who had earned the name Truffle. Titan was an experienced caver, and his favourite things to collect in the caves were the various coloured and shaped mushrooms, and so it only seemed appropriate that his strange-coloured pup should share a name with one of Titan’s favourite things; mushrooms.
As the little albino pup grew, Titan couldn’t help but call him his little mushroom. Truffle was a shy pup, always cautious, and at times bashful. This was in stark contrast to Titan, who stood proud and confident at all times. The pup would grow into himself eventually, Titan figured, and if not, that was okay too.
When Titan introduced Truffle to other tokotas as his son, they often scoffed at him, and refused to believe him. How was he to explain that this pure white, timid pup was the son of the much darker, alpha tokota? Mauja, however, had always understood, for he, too, was an albino tokota.
Truffle would often tag along with his father, Titan, on safer caving expeditions, and he seemed to quite like it. Titan suspected this may be because of the pup’s sensitivity to light due to his pale eyes; the dim caves were more comfortable for him. Titan didn’t mind, and in fact the irony of his little Truffle thriving in the cave environments the same as his namesake thrives in was not lost on him.
As Truffle wandered about sniffing flowers and bugs and such, Titan found himself reflecting on how much the albino pup had changed his life. He’d fathered other pups, and while he’d never had poor relationships with any of the pups, he’d also never felt so close to any of them. Truffle, on the other hand, he felt particularly fond of. He knew that as Truffle grew older, the toko would want to become more independent, but for now, Titan felt quite protective of the special pup. He hoped Truffle would remain close as he aged, however he also knew that their relationship would inevitably change and evolve over time.
Titan’s ears perked forward as his attention was pulled back to reality when Truffle skittered sideways, letting out one quick yelp of surprise as a bumble bee emerged lazily from a flower the pale pup had been sniffing. Titan was momentarily concerned for the pup, however once he realized what was really going on, he shook his head and settled back down. Already, Truffle was realizing that the bee meant him no harm, and before long, he was back to sniffing around with the sun at his back.

Description
Handler name: Jess
Tokota Import: Titan 12771
Themes featured and brief summary of how they are explored: Family — Titan is reflecting on his love for his son, Truffle 57612

Short Story (WC: 541)
From the moment the little white pup had been born, Titan had been smitten by the little guy. Ophelia — the pup’s mother — had birthed mostly white pups in the past, but none like this one. This pup was white as snow, with little pink ears, toes, and nose. He looked so completely out of place among his littermates that Titan couldn’t help himself… he sniffed the pup, licking it tenderly as the small creature whimpered. When the pup’s eyes had opened, their lilac colour further differentiated the special little pup from his litter mates.
Titan spent much time helping Ophelia raise the pups, but his attention always landed on the little white pup, who had earned the name Truffle. Titan was an experienced caver, and his favourite things to collect in the caves were the various coloured and shaped mushrooms, and so it only seemed appropriate that his strange-coloured pup should share a name with one of Titan’s favourite things; mushrooms.
As the little albino pup grew, Titan couldn’t help but call him his little mushroom. Truffle was a shy pup, always cautious, and at times bashful. This was in stark contrast to Titan, who stood proud and confident at all times. The pup would grow into himself eventually, Titan figured, and if not, that was okay too.
When Titan introduced Truffle to other tokotas as his son, they often scoffed at him, and refused to believe him. How was he to explain that this pure white, timid pup was the son of the much darker, alpha tokota? Mauja, however, had always understood, for he, too, was an albino tokota.
Truffle would often tag along with his father, Titan, on safer caving expeditions, and he seemed to quite like it. Titan suspected this may be because of the pup’s sensitivity to light due to his pale eyes; the dim caves were more comfortable for him. Titan didn’t mind, and in fact the irony of his little Truffle thriving in the cave environments the same as his namesake thrives in was not lost on him.
As Truffle wandered about sniffing flowers and bugs and such, Titan found himself reflecting on how much the albino pup had changed his life. He’d fathered other pups, and while he’d never had poor relationships with any of the pups, he’d also never felt so close to any of them. Truffle, on the other hand, he felt particularly fond of. He knew that as Truffle grew older, the toko would want to become more independent, but for now, Titan felt quite protective of the special pup. He hoped Truffle would remain close as he aged, however he also knew that their relationship would inevitably change and evolve over time.
Titan’s ears perked forward as his attention was pulled back to reality when Truffle skittered sideways, letting out one quick yelp of surprise as a bumble bee emerged lazily from a flower the pale pup had been sniffing. Titan was momentarily concerned for the pup, however once he realized what was really going on, he shook his head and settled back down. Already, Truffle was realizing that the bee meant him no harm, and before long, he was back to sniffing around with the sun at his back.