10 Puppies and octopus plurals

I walked back to camp after leaving the bandits without any of their weapons or vehicles in the middle of a desert. It still nags me that I haven't been able to make even a tiny difference on the world. Yet.

Anyways I walked back to see Wes grilling some 'food' for our final day here with Gwen and Kai standing in a corner talking to each other while occasionally glancing towards the food with hesitation considering that he was grilling octopuses, That was expected. Still I walked into the camp area we had.

"Hey ben, where did you go?"

"I went out to take a jog in the morning, whatcha doing?"

"Me and Gwen are thinking about what we should do tonight during the... campfire."

Campfire was code for alien hunting but I think Kai took to long to say it and it sounded a bit unsure. Wes might have caught on the meaning being the word if he is or was a plumber.

Thankfully the conversation was saved by an little puppy walking into our camp. It was pure pitch black with purple eyes. It looked like a baby wolf but more puppy like, it had more fur and it was around 1/2 feet tall. It's mana was very similar to the blitzwolfer and I knew that it was its offspring but it looks tamed and subservient and it had no and intentions for me or the girls. I saw Wes's eyes dilate for a moment and his hand muscles tense very slightly.

I walked towards the puppy and bend down to my knees and pet it on his head. And it whines like a little cute baby. It nearly melted my heart to see such a cute creature whining, and I wasn't the only one.

The little puppy was swarmed by both Gwen and Kai petting it. They were a bit too rough with their petting and scratches so the little puppy now whined before running out from their grip and straight into my arms like a newborn baby. It looked at me with a puppy eyes expression almost begging to be taken away from the devils who were harassing the poor little one.

"Now now, we don't know if this puppy has any diseases and if it might have any parents looking for it. Plus you two are two rough with it."

Wes logical statements shattered all hope of having a puppy for the two little girls. They immediately raced towards Wes with their massive eyes and sad expressions. They used the full power of their puppy eyes to try and bend the Will Of grandpa Wes. The old man had nearly crumbled under the combined pressure of his little granddaughter and my cute little sister.

He was withstanding the technique like an expert but he was broken by the secret technique Forbidden Jutsu: Crying puppy eyes no jutsu. Slowly tears welled up in both girls eyes and Wes relented.

"We will take him if nobody comes to take him, he has no diseases and one of your parents agree to keep him. I shall not be responsible for the little puppy and you will not push the blame on me. If none of your parents agrees, then I shall leave him in the wild. Is that understood"

"Yes!! Thanks grandpa!"

"Yes, Finally a little puppy."

Grandpa Wes sat in the corner thinking about his life choices to be manipulated by 7 year olds.

I felt pity for him so I walked over to him and out a hand on his shoulder.

"Many of our comrades have fallen to them. Do not worry, I shall carry your legacy. I have stayed with them for decades and I have perfected my resistance to all forms of cuteness. I shall carry the banner and legacy of all those who have fallen to their vile techniques with great pride and respect."

"Thank you Ben. You are our future. Our legacy."

If any sane person heard this out of context they might think that this is a deep conversation between the leader of a righteous organization and the Star prodigy and next leader or son of the organization about fighting the pure evil machinations of another side. If okay they knew that this was a 7 year old pitying an old man who was manipulated by the puppy do eyes,would probably be ashamed.

"Hey ben."" Hey big bro"

"Yes my little angels"

"What should we name our little puppy?"

"First of all, Not anything common like noir, darkness or blacky." When I made this point, Kai turned white as a sheet and turned around whistling.

"Second of all, something more meaningful than just a name for the sake of a name." When I made this point, Gwen also joined Kai in her little corner.

Wes looked over to me and asked.

"How about someone from mythology."

"Nah, that would give an impression of a certain person who is not our little pup. For example if we named him hades, people will subconsciously think about death and all the bad things hades has done. Plus it would force our little puppy to act to fill in the role of a person we name him after."

(Please leave suggestions for names in the comments. Our little puppy will be an occurring companion for Ben.)

"Well let's name him afterwards and have some delicious octopus." Wes intervened before we descend into our primordial states and started a war.

"Grandpa. It is morning." Kai Said as if it was a fact

"So?"

"Who eats grilled octopus in the breakfast?"

"Healthy people. Octopi(One of the plural form of octopus, no I am not kidding.) Have many nutrients that you need."

"Don't worry guys. I brought some snacks. I have marshmallows and chips. Also grandpa Wes, the pliers, form of octopus is a very debated matter. The 3 agreed upon terms are Octopuses, Octopi and Octopods."

"Well sure."

Author here; I am extremely sorry for the late uploads but my class work has increased and 8 was having an assignment last night. Thanks for the support.