#WritingWonders #DayEight : MC POV: What is something you never leave home without?

Maybe not never, but very rarely do I go anywhere without Toto.

He's been with me since I was fifteen, and he was the first real family I've had since my mom died when I was ten.

Sure, Aunt Em and Uncle Henry had been taking care of me for almost a year by then, but they took me in out of a sense of obligation, not because of any actual affection. They were nice, and treated me well, but they didn't really feel like family.

So, I take Toto with me wherever I can. I don't like being away from him.

It took a while to train him, but he's gotten pretty good at staying quiet when he needs to. I can take him to the lab, or a class, and he sits under a desk and nobody notices.