# 4.x - "A Good Dog"

An episode of [Inchworm](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1793605103), 15 Jul 2025, 56 min.

Audio: https://op3.dev/e/cdn.inchwormpodcast.com/inchwormpodcast-com/production/media/audio-b4fdfef4c09a5bd8cf44296de7a02411.mp3

Jenny and Ted discuss Shell 4.x. Episode Notes: • We celebrate the craft behind the goodest narrative voice • Whether Rachel is nice, kind, or good • How Brutus is like our toddler (other than not being a murderer) • How big is Rachel’s rescue operation? • The Lesson (poor kid) • Dogs is simpler than people • “Alpha” dogs and “alpha” Brian • The various ways we could read Rachel’s behavior • The secret of Rachel’s cape name • Arc 4 Storytime Cleanup • This chapter made us cry • Mister Smell-o-phane (you’d never nose he’s there) • Revisiting the arc 2 fight • A dozen cape names!! Links: • https://parahumans.wordpress.com/category/stories-arcs-1-10/arc-4-shell/4-x-interlude/ • https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow

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