Spike the dog is dying. Sunset takes a desperate gamble to save him.

Flaws in the story are the fault of the author, not the fault of the prereaders: Cloud Ring, Anna-Flora, ninjadeadbeard

^{This story might be an entry in the "A Thousand Words Contest," but who really knows at this point? An author's entries are limited to a total of five, one story for each of the contest categories, and I've now written more than five eligible stories during the contest period.}

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