Lena hesitates but nods. Theo doesn’t reach for a stethoscope. Instead, he sits on the floor, turns his body sideways (non-threatening), and tosses a single, high-value cheese cube near Ghost’s right hip. Ghost snatches it, but as he turns to face Theo, he does a tiny, almost imperceptible hop with his right hind leg.
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Dr. Lena Kumar, a brilliant but purely clinical veterinarian, runs a busy small-animal practice. She prides herself on her rapid, accurate diagnoses—bloodwork, imaging, and surgery. Behavior, she often says, is “soft science.” Her new hire, a young animal behaviorist named Theo, sees the world differently. He reads the language of the patient before the stethoscope ever touches fur. Lena hesitates but nods