Meeting puppies

Eden appeared and stood behind Bryan. "May I help you?" She asked with a smile. Everyone around here seemed to so interested in the puppies. But she wasn't surprised.

He jumped when he heard her voice and erased himself of emotions.
"I was just .... looking." he said backwardly.

"Ah." Eden lifted her finger before looking down at the puppies and smiled. "Well I'm Eden. I run this shop." Her eyes stayed on the puppies but then lingered back to Bryan.

" i am Bryan. The blacksmith. " he said in a small voice. His eyes kept wandering back to the puppies behind him. He heard them playing and barking and it made him want to adopt all of them.

Eden looked down into the pen. "Do any of them catch your eye?" She looked back him with a smile on.

There was a black and white puppy sitting in the corner of the pin. He looked the runt of the litter, this puppy certaintly caught his eye. He pointed at it.
"She does..." he said quietly

Eden giggled before stepping over the small fence and walked to the corner. The blue haired girl lifted up the small puppy up with care and walked back to Bryan with only the short fence between them. "You can hold her if you like?" She slowly held out the puppy for him to grab.

He gladly accepted the puppy and held her close to his chest. He smiled lightly down at her as he petted her gently. he was speechless, caught up in his puppy.

Eden giggled. She could tell that Bryan and puppy had made an instant connection. "I think she likes you~"

Bryan was broken from his trance and he looked up at her, a trace of the smile still on his face.
"I... uhh... If I could.... if you could...." he wasn't good at asking for favors.
"Can you hold her for me... until I get my first paycheck... if you can..? "

Eden smiled up at him. "Oh course." She already one dog reserved for Dougy. And plus it then guaranteed her a future costumer.

"Then.. you don't mind if I carry her around for a minute, do you?" he asked with a small smile.

"Of course. Go ahead." Eden stepped back over the small fence and brushed off her sleeves so they were free of dog hair.

he walked around happily petting the puppy and looking at the other animals.
"what brings you to this town?" he asked after a long moment of silence.

"I just decided to settle down after a couple years of traveling around." Eden was in the Kitten pen feeding them their lunch since they looked hungry.

Bryan was still happily carrying the little puppy with him, but he did look around at the other animals in the store.
"So you're a traveler?"

"I guess you could say that." Eden dipped her hand in the Cat food bag and brought out a handful before dropping it in the pen.