"Dogs are my favorite. I wasn't allowed to have a dog at home, though. I could maybe have a dog here if I could find one."
Maxine sighed.
"If I were a dog, I would be a Jack Russel terrier because they're really funny. If you were a dog, you would be a great dane because you're so tall. Or maybe an Irish wolf hound because they're big too and you have long hair."
She leaned forward so that her foot touched the ground and dug the toe of her sneaker into it.