lexi's mom said, man i wish i was a dog. yeah, but you might get some bogus human. yeah, she said, true. you'd have to get one like me and you. true, she said. sometimes i'm envious of him, but if i was a dog, i'd have to be both of us, and i'd be lonely. but he's my alter ego, i get to be, like, his dog. yeah, i think of that every day, she said.