{"id":909,"date":"2026-02-16T06:00:35","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T06:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/?p=909"},"modified":"2026-02-15T13:56:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T13:56:35","slug":"chapter-3-on-the-canine-wavelength019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/02\/16\/chapter-3-on-the-canine-wavelength019\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 3 On The Canine Wavelength019"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr width=\"100%\" \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/02\/15\/chapter-3-on-the-canine-wavelength018\/\">Previous<\/a> &#8211; Book1 Page19 \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/02\/17\/chapter-3-on-the-canine-wavelength020\/\">Next<\/a><\/p>\n<hr width=\"100%\" \/>\n<p>of wild food beyond the perimeter. They don\u2019t need to break into places to nick our hardware!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBesides,\u201d says Walker, \u201cthere\u2019s no evidence of any holes in the building.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>TedTalker adds, \u201cwe know that the foxes can dig under the perimeter fence occasionally, but the only time they go anywhere near a building is when the back door of the kitchen is open. They know there\u2019s food in there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The smile on CandiCrush\u2019s face vanishes as quickly as it appeared. KristalClear turns to Tolstoy again.<\/p>\n<p>\u00ab I\u2019ve never talked to a fox. They\u2019re canines aren\u2019t they? Have you ever talked to one? \u00bb<\/p>\n<p>\u00ab Never! They might be canines, but they\u2019re odd. They have retractable claws just like felines. They\u2019re omnivores like rodents. And they always bark like they\u2019ve just sat down on a drawing pin! They\u2019re not proper canines. \u00bb<\/p>\n<p>\u00ab When do you see them on site? \u00bb<\/p>\n<p>\u00ab Just after sunrise. Usually. \u00bb<\/p>\n<p>\u00ab 06:00. \u00bb<\/p>\n<p>\u00ab Oh six what? \u00bb<\/p>\n<p>\u00ab Sorry, human speak, just a mo \u2026 \u00bb<\/p>\n<p>Scanning everybody, making eye contact with each one of them in turn, and then turning her attention to the military policeman, KristalClear says, \u201cTed, I need to talk to one of the foxes!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She bends down, strokes Tolstoy\u2019s head, and gives him a warm cuddle.<\/p>\n<p>\u00ab See you later Tolstoy! \u00bb<\/p>\n<p>\u00ab See you later Pretty! \u00bb<\/p>\n<p>Having watched them approach, BarmyWaffle opens the door of the lab and invites them in. Tolstoy stays outside by his bowl of water.<\/p>\n<p>Like all of the wooden huts in this part of the Garrison, the Innovation Lab sits slightly elevated on short supports above the dry, sandy ground. It\u2019s functional and austere, built purely for practicality rather than comfort. Twice as long as it is wide,<\/p>\n<hr width=\"100%\" \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/02\/15\/chapter-3-on-the-canine-wavelength018\/\">Previous<\/a> &#8211; Book1 Page19 \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/02\/17\/chapter-3-on-the-canine-wavelength020\/\">Next<\/a><\/p>\n<hr width=\"100%\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Previous &#8211; Book1 Page19 \u2013 Next of wild food beyond the perimeter. They don\u2019t need to break into places to nick our hardware!\u201d \u201cBesides,\u201d says Walker, \u201cthere\u2019s no evidence of any holes in the building.\u201d TedTalker adds, \u201cwe know that the foxes can dig under the perimeter fence occasionally, but the only time they go &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/02\/16\/chapter-3-on-the-canine-wavelength019\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Chapter 3 On The Canine Wavelength019&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[4],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/909"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=909"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/909\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":917,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/909\/revisions\/917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}