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Mochi

Mochi has never once walked directly through a puddle, and treats the ones that catch him off guard as a personal betrayal. Everything else about him is soft-footed and easy-going. It's just standing water he's decided, unilaterally, is not to be trusted.

The puddle thing is not a joke anybody made up. Watch him long enough on a wet morning and you will see him route around standing water that is genuinely not in his way, with the air of someone taking a principled stand.

Everything else about him is unbothered. He is soft-footed on gravel, patient in queues at the gate, and completely relaxed about other dogs. It is one specific objection, held firmly.