So this is Crusada and Gentilo. They will factor into the story at some point.
Basically Crusada is the girl and Gentilo is the dog but they are one unit.
When Crusada lost her arms in a tragic motorboating accident, Gentilo swam in a managed to fetch one of her arms. The other was lost to the bottom of Lake Ontario. Somewhere near Muskoka.
So they have continued on with their lives as a single unit. Whenever she needs to slap someone, Gentilo picks up her arm (which was never reattached, doctors don't care to see dolls on their practice, except in LA) and does the dirty work. She is napping here. He is guarding her arm.

Also, Gentilo is and always has been a vegetarian.

Maybe you don't want to know the rest...

Then things got a little hazy, in a good way though.

It all got a little messy after that, ahem.

As she searched his eyes for some clue to their fate she came to realise she too had watched him from afar. She too had longed to have those plastic arms wrapped around her tight, have those dead dead shark eyes look deeply into hers, those rosy cheeks light up at the sight of her.
She leaned in too.

As he inched closer (no small feat, without well...) he whispered "Finally we meet, I've watched you from afar for so long now. I am Bartlett, let us commence the romance."

As Imogene had never fallen in love before, she was shocked by it all.
Shocked, excited, confused and before long, slivered.

Love comes calling

Perhaps it was the aftershave, the sweet scent of varnished wood or plastic molded hands that caught her attention. But it was love baby, pure and sweaty.