Extract from Chapter 35 of mystery-comedy novel, 'The Investigations of the Para-Usual':

Ding Dong! The doorbell sounded. O’Singh looked around as if uncertain of the source of the sound, then clomped his way over the parquet flooring down the long hallway to the apartment’s front door. O’Singh snapped open the door. A large dog stood there on two legs.

O’Singh dithered as though trying to recollect whether he had ordered an upright dog, then in recognition…

‘Dr Pratt! How wonderful!’ he exclaimed, joyfully.

‘Fluff!’ muttered Dr Pratt, as he heaved himself unceremoniously past the professor.

‘I may call you Dr Pratt, may I not, on a social visit? This is a social visit?’ O’Singh asked, amiably.

‘Fluff at all times,’ answered Dr Pratt a.k.a. Fluff, wearily. ‘Do you know what it’s like being a Labrador security dog?’

O’Singh pondered.

‘The Labrador is not renowned for its aggression,’ informed Dr Pratt. ‘A slight oversight on your behalf, O’Singh, since you suggested this costume for a security job.’

O’Singh formed an elongated ‘O’ with his mouth, expecting further chastisement. He hesitated then led Fluff off down the hallway.

‘I’m having to overcompensate with the aggression in order to keep down my position,’ continued Fluff, in O’Singh’s wake. ‘It’s draining. Requires constant mindfulness. Have you ever tried it as an overcompensating Labrador?’

O’Singh glanced back at Dr Pratt, eyes narrowed, like he was thinking, ‘Have I now? Or was it as an undercompensating Labrador?’