James nodded then asked, "Will I be able to do anything there? I'm not a human, I..." They were going to Germany, where pets had full human rights, but until they got there... He would still be less than human, not even a person. "We should be able to wait in the car until she wakes up, right? The kids'll just go right back to sleep." He poked a straw into the first juice box and gave it to Thomas with a smile, then took Becky's, gave it the same treatment, then passed it back, wrapping her hands around it gently.

She started to drink happily.