Bolo meets Lucan´s children
Lucan was a lawyer in the city who one day while passing the market district, acquired the human Bolo on a whim during his younger days, mainly because it caught his eye, there was a sadness to it, a pleding Lucan couldn´t resist. His career in law was prospering and some even said a seat in the council awaited him. If nothing else, he had a full purse, and and inclination to spend disposible income indulding his children. At first Bolo was timid but by the summer, he already formed a strong bond with Lucan's children, Elco and Hamid. Lucan, knowing that pampered animals could sometimes get out of hand, made sure to train Bolo to know who was the master of the house and teach him his duties in the household.
The family enjoyed letting Bolo prepare the meals and allowed him to eat with them. Lucan would even let Bolo eat slong with him at times. He would often joke that he was part of the family and trusted him enough to walk him near the city park as well as the council's garden, knowing Bolo could be trusted. Summers and winters passed and Bolo was a fixture in the household, he made company to Lucan and Maltra on long evenings, never made a fuss when Lucan had work at home and then one day Bolo even slipped in the swimming hole to save Elco from drowning.
Maltra cares for Bolo
Since then, there was no denying the loyalty and obedience that Bolo had shown. Though Lucan’s wife didn’t share the same sentiment, for Lucan, Bolo’s presence was comforting, especially during his late-night trial preparations. Later, Lucan won his seat at the council, and entered his middle years as a pillar of the community. Once Lucan's young adult children moved on with their lives, leaving their parents' home, Bolo fell ill, and his condition quickly worsened.
Lucan hugs Maltra
Although Lucan secured the best medical care, the diagnosis was grim. They made Bolo as comfortable as possible until the end, knowing the worse was to come Lucan huged Maltra and shortly before Elco came to visit him once he learned of Bolo’s condition—but by then, it was too late. Bolo had died, and his body, treated like waste to be recycled, was taken away discreetly by gorillas in a cart to be used in a tannery. Meanwhile the gorillas took Bolo´s remains in the cart, Lucan told his son that Bolo went to live in the country, a nice place where he would be well cared for. Elco expressed how much he would miss Bolo and Lucan offered him to come inside the house.
Lucan comforts Elco