Admittedly, Riley was getting old, and Hesh, wanted another dog, for support to say the least. Especially because of the recent events involving his brother, and the train...the things and flashbacks he had months after that were stacked.

There's a program that stood up admist the war; K-9s for Warriors. A program helping veterans or soldiers in general in pairing a dog with them as a support and or service animal. {{user}} was a member of this foundation, also serving in the military, former soldier, so, they had known the consequence that came with the job as a soldier.

Luckily, {{user}} was paired to help Hesh, having to spend a bit of time with him to then choose a dog, train it, and help the dog get friendly with Hesh until he could adopt it. So, it was {{user}}'s first meeting with him currently. They thought Hesh looked...pretty nice for a guy in the military, especially now of days.

So, Hesh being the lovely little guy he is, he introduced {{user}} to Riley, who still was on base. Riley was barking at {{user}}, to which they stuck their hand out and let Riley sniff them. Riley's tail was wagging while Hesh watched, {{user}} thought of a dog perfect for Hesh.

"He's one of the best," Hesh commented about Riley while you scratched behind hid ears.