"The same kind of person who usually drops me boxes of smokes," he says, but the look on his face hasn't exactly changed. He's a simple man, from a past time, he's not used to things made of grass coming out of the woods and talking to him.

Maybe he did smoke something and it's gone wrong, because he's thinking he's dreaming. Maybe even the dog is a dream and he just doesn't know it yet. "It's a herding dog, it's probably for the barn we're starting up." And if it is, then it's a very good gift, only, it's not trained.