"Well, Dogzilla caught a squirrel!" she announces.
"What??" I'm really only half awake.
"Yes! It practically jumped in her mouth! I think this squirrel wanted to die. Seriously, it ran right into her mouth. And then of course, she wouldn't let it go -- "
"This was on your walk? Or out in the backyard?" (See? Still not entirely awake.)
"While we were walking! And I try to keep her away from squirrels while we're walking, and it still ran and jumped directly into her mouth!!"
"Kamikaze squirrel?"
"I guess! So I have her on the leash, I'm trying to get her to drop the squirrel, but of course, I don't want to touch the squirrel! And she wouldn't let it go!! I didn't know what I was going to do! Was she just going to bring it home?? So I have her down on the sidewalk, I'm still holding onto the leash, and I'm telling her 'NO!' and 'DROP IT!' and this short, scruffy, white guy comes out of nowhere -- why are all my angels short, scruffy, white guys?"
"Wha--?"
"And he says, 'Hey, I can help you,' so I say, 'Sure!'" my Unit is both exasperated at this point in her story and in the telling of it. "So he slowly reaches into his pocket --"
"Wait, I can't see!" (Still in bed, no contacts or glasses.)
My Unit comes closer so my sorry blind self can mostly see her, and she slowly acts out the dramatic reaching into the pocket. "And he pulls out...a taser."
"WHAT?!?!"
"YES! A fucking taser! And I'm like, 'Dude, don't tase my dog!' and I'm thinking, 'And don't tase me either!!'"
"Who goes around with a taser in their pocket??"
"Apparently short, scruffy, white guys do! So then he leans in real close [to Dogzilla] and goes zzt-zzt!" (Unit mimicking the sound and action of a taser.)
"WHAT??!?"
"Just to scare her a bit! He didn't touch her. And she dropped the squirrel! And the squirrel is lying there on its side, all huhuhuh" (Unit mimicking squirrel death-panting.)
"Yeah, it was probably bleeding internally."
"And the guy says, 'Oh. I'm gonna hafta put it out of its misery.' So I say, 'Okay,...umm, do you mind if I walk away before that?' And we left."
"Wow."
"Yeah! So that happened. Okay, I have to go to work -- bye!"
And then she left.
End scene.
