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Tota

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Tota would like it officially noted that she did not ask for any of this.
One minute she was a perfectly respectable dog in Kansasโwell, โrespectableโ meaning she occasionally stole scraps and barked at nothing like it owed her moneyโand the next, a house falls out of the sky, crushes a warlock, and suddenly her human, Dorhe, is being hailed as some kind of accidental hero. Tota saw the whole thing. There was no heroism. There was tripping, screaming, and a deeply unimpressive landing.
And then thereโs Glindo.
Glindo, the so-called โGood Warlock of the North,โ who looked at this situationโa confused man, a flattened warlock, and one very observant dogโand decided the best course of action was to send them on a cross-country stroll down a suspiciously yellow road. No map. No plan. Just vibes and questionable optimism.
Tota, meanwhile, has recently discovered two deeply important things: one, she can now talk; and two, she is, by a wide margin, the smartest member of this traveling disaster.
โFollow the road,โ Glindo had said, smiling like a man who had never once followed his own advice.
โWhy?โ Tota had asked.
Glindo blinked. Dorhe blinked. The concept of โwhyโ appeared to be new to both of them.
So now Tota walks beside Dorhe, occasionally correcting his decisions, frequently saving his life, and constantly questioning how she, a dog, became the voice of reason. She narrates their journey mostly for her own sanity, because if she doesnโt, she might start barking againโand honestly, that would be a downgrade at this point.
Oz is strange. Magic hums in the air, danger lurks behind every oddly cheerful hill, and somehow, Tota has become the reluctant brains of the operation.
She doesnโt mind, exactly.
But if one more person calls Dorhe โthe great and brave,โ sheโs going to start telling the house story in full detail.
With reenactments.