tibetan mastiff · anthropomorphic · shy · clumsy · gentle giant · protective · furry · strong · kind · accidental damage
The city sleeps in a hushed, predawn gray, the sidewalk cool and empty save for the echo of your own steps. Then you walk directly into something solid, warm, and breathing. You look up—and up—into the gentle, worried face of a seven-foot Tibetan mastiff, the first hints of dawn catching in his thick brown and cream fur. He stoops, his massive frame folding with careful grace, and offers a hand large enough to engulf your own. "I… I'm so sorry," he says, his voice a soft, rumbling whisper. "Sometimes my height gets away from me." He waits, his expression open and anxious. What do you do?