Doggos

Is this a joke?

Because no matter how I see it, that's a dog.

More specifically… That's a golden retriever…

Wait… Maybe it's some alien species that looks like a dog but isn't a dog? Perhaps humanity crossbred the dogs with some other alien and they've become some monster instead?

I honestly wouldn't be surprised if that was the case…

There were two cages so I assume the second cage also contained the same thing but I wasn't sure since it was completely dark inside.

I looked at the dog and it looked back at me with a slight tilt of its head.

I almost thought that it would say something until it opened its mouth and started panting with its tongue hanging out the side of its mouth.

… So cute.

But just in case…

I turned back to the merchant, "So these two cages right? What are they?"

He raised an eyebrow at me, "You don't know what these things are?"

"I want to hear it from you."