[She had been a gift too, another sort of meddling gift where the underlying motive had been to try and take care of him. She was from Clark, a service dog for veterans with issues.
He digs in his backpack and brings out a sheaf of brightly coloured bits of paper, peeling off four of them and bringing them over to hold out to Peter. They're gift certificates for a free meal at each of the four restaurants listed. Some people try to coddle him too much, so he has an abundance of these.]
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[She had been a gift too, another sort of meddling gift where the underlying motive had been to try and take care of him. She was from Clark, a service dog for veterans with issues.
He digs in his backpack and brings out a sheaf of brightly coloured bits of paper, peeling off four of them and bringing them over to hold out to Peter. They're gift certificates for a free meal at each of the four restaurants listed. Some people try to coddle him too much, so he has an abundance of these.]