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"I think we're still on that topic, still trying to figure out what computers are, how they change us, why we use them."
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![]() Neodogs are used by the Terran Federation on K9 Corps, paired with a human.
The bond in a K-9 team is so close, if the human is killed, the Neodog is euthanized. However, if the Neodog is killed, the human would have to hospitalized and rehabilitated. This may be the earliest reference to Bond Creatures, in which humans have a close relationship with an alien lifeform. Such examples can be seen in Honor Harrington (Treecats), Humanx Commonwealth (Flinx and Pip), the anime Digimon, and Dragonriders of Pern series.
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