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Gotham grinned at his selection, feeling satisfied and pleased by the bright colors and the funny looking characters. His father's approval of the stories made his smile even wider, and he thumped his tail on the ground a few times. Though perhaps on another day he would like to explore the library and see what was in all the corners and between all the shelves, he was worn out from the trip and all the reading they had done. He shook his head a little, peering upwards. Of course, he would be happy to do anything that Kansas did, because he had done lots of nice things for him and he liked him very much.
The pup took a moment now to look around. He had been so distracted by the funny animals and the colors within the children's area that he really wasn't sure what surrounded them. The books in the high shelves in the distance seemed faded compared to the bright colors of the books, and indeed their spines were coated with a layer of dust. From little adventures around the mansion, Gotham knew that dust could make one sneeze in a rather unpleasant way! He widened his eyes at the realization that they had been sitting in a dust-infested place for a very long time. "It's very dusty!" he exclaimed to his father, "What if I get the sneezes!" The question was more rhetorical and humorous, a throw-back to his younger self, than an actual concern. Now that he knew it was all there, he would be more careful to not get it up his nose!
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