Ravna always travels with her three puppies, Josie, Sequoia and Klaus. Ravenous hounds, these dogs must be fed the flesh of tasty enemies as often as possible else they might turn on their mother.


"It's no wonder they call you man's best friend. Faithful and loyal and true, you share in our sorrows and rejoice with us in our triumphs, the truest friend we ever have known, a better friend than we deserve. You have thrown in your lot with us, through thick and thin, on battlefield and hearthrug, refusing to leave your master even when death and destruction lie all around. Ah, noble dog, you are the furry mirror in which we see our better selves reflected, man as he could be, unstained by war or ambition, unspoilt by ..."

To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis.


RIP Josie, 1994-2010: You can rest now girl.