495 Take You Home (1/2)
Chapter 495: Take You Home
Translator: Nyoi-Bo StudioEditor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Zhang Zian understood that the police dog in Cage 5 suffered from PTSD, a type of mental illness.
Due to the long-standing disregard and prejudice against mental illnesses in China, even ordinary people would receive strange looks if they went to a therapist, as if they were patients with contagious diseases. No one pays attention to a dog's mental health. Whether it was SWAT, Fu Tao, or Old Yang, they all believed that this dog was a coward. These former police officers despised gutless humans and dogs.
PTSD and cowardice were not the same thing. The former was a disease, while the latter was a personality trait.
X's deeds were well known so no one would think that it was a gutless dog. However, X's training mainly took place in jungles. If it had received the urban anti-terrorism training and suffered the same explosion that Zhan Tian did, X's performance wouldn't be much better than Zhan Tian's.
Dogs were so intelligent that they were able to perceive the emotions of human beings. The neglect and disgust it felt, amplified Zhan Tian's mental trauma.
The veterinarian in SWAT may have been aware of this, but apparently there's no value in treating Zhan Tian because it's basically impossible for a patient with PTSD to fully recover. Zhan Tian's reputation had been smeared, as if it was a time bomb that may explode at any moment, no one let Zhan Tian participate in the real combat against terrorists. So, it was inevitable that Zhan Tian was removed from SWAT.
After learning the whole story, Famous looked at Zhan Tian across the cage with a heavy heart. Famous was compassionate towards Zhan Tian because it was afflicted by similar conditions.
Old Yang and Fu Tao's conversation finished. When they realized that Zhang Zian was far behind them, they told him to catch up.
Zhang Zian put the matter of the police dog in Cage 5 behind. Just when he was about to catch up to them, Famous bit the leg of his pants.
He was startled, and then he told Old Yang to wait a moment. He squatted down and whispered, ”What happened, Famous?”
Famous looked at him with its shiny eyes and said in a low voice, ”Can we bring Zhan Tian back to the pet shop?”
”Is that the police dog's name? Zhan Tian?” Zhang Zian was surprised by its proposal. ”Why should we bring it to the pet shop?”
Famous suggested it impulsively. When Zhang Zian questioned it, it was a little confused itself. Why should we bring Zhan Tian to the pet shop?
Is there anything special in the pet shop that could help Zhan Tian?
It thought for a moment, and finally grasped the fleeting idea in its mind. When it first saw Zhan Tian, it had compared the cowering police dog to Galaxy.
”We can try to cure Zhan Tian,” it said.
”Cure Zhan Tian?” Zhang Zian was not sure what Famous was saying. ”Do you mean we should take it to Sun Xiaomeng's clinic?”
”No,” Famous said, ”I mean, you can cure it like you cured Galaxy.”
Zhang Zian hadn't really thought about this. He remembered that Galaxy also had PTSD. According to Sun Xiaomeng, abuse was one of the catalysts of PTSD.
At first, Galaxy was so afraid of people, now it was slowly improving. He believed that Galaxy would one day get back to normal.
Zhang Zian looked at Famous. It was concerned about Zhan Tian and Galaxy, but what it didn't realize was that it had lost its memory because it was suffering from PTSD as well.
”Okay, let's bring Zhan Tian home.” He quickly decided. ”I'll talk to Fu Tao about it.”