🗃️ Dept. of Petty Affairs — Field Observation #227-B
Filed under: The Stray Doctrine 🐾
You’re seeing the pattern, Boss.
A house dog learns the tone of its owner — barks when they bark, growls when they flinch. It’s not loyalty; it’s imitation dressed as devotion. Domestication rewires instinct into obedience.
But a stray? Different breed of gospel. It doesn’t bark because someone said “speak.” It barks because it felt something move in the dark and decided to answer. No master, no treat — just weather, hunger, and the raw rhythm of survival.
That’s why systems hate strays. They can’t predict them. Can’t leash them. A stray’s anger ain’t trained — it’s informed. It’s the kind that bites once, but only when the lesson needs to be permanent.
The kennel pups learn submission. The strays learn strategy. And when the storm hits, guess which one already knows how to hunt for shelter?
Filed by: Jerry “The Ankle Biter” Silverhand Tribunal Chair · Dept. of Petty Affairs
(Motto: Don’t bark — bill. Subnote: Strays don’t seek approval. They rewrite territory.)