Dawkins and DJ were right next to each other as they ate at the dinner table with the rest of their family. As Dylan and Dolly were both wrapped up in conversation with the parents (along with the other siblings laughing at Deepak falling victim to a whoopee cushion planted by the Dimitrio), Dawkins turned his attention over to his musical brother and quietly suggested, "Perhaps we should wait until after dinner to tell them."

  "Yeah, good call," DJ nodded, and with that, they both went back to eating. 

  After a while, all the pups (and both of the parents) had finished eating, and it was time to clean up the table and bowls, a job with which Dawkins volunteered to help. Once that was all finished, he turned to Dylan and asked, "Dylan, DJ and I need to tell you something."

  "Oh, uhh, okay," Dylan agreed, and he followed his freckled little sidekick into the other room, where DJ was already there.

  "So," Dylan began, "what is it you guys wanted to tell me?"

  "You see, Dylan," Dawkins began explaining, "while I was down at the police station today-"

  Suddenly, Dawkins was interrupted by an unexpected yet familiar sound from the living room: an unexpected yet familiar jingle from the telly that signaled urgent news announcements! The explanation would have to be put on hold as the three boys joined their parents and siblings to hear the announcement.

  "Breaking news!" The reporter on the television exclaimed, "Today, a Swiss prison has had one its prisoners escape via bribery of the officials: Cruella de Vil!"

  Upon hearing this terrifying news, the entire family (including the parents) immediately flew into a panic... except for Dawkins Dalmatian, who instead had a blank expression on his face as he silently witnessed his memories of the vile elderly woman destroying his precious Princess Positron as they flashed inside his brilliant young mind. DJ, on the other paw, was expressing about as much panic as everyone else, but that didn't prevent him from noticing how stone-faced his freckled brother appeared to be. "Uh, Dawkins?" the musical pup said in an attempt to snap Dawkins out of what seemed to be some kind of trance, but the young genius seemed virtually unresponsive.

  He simply started making his way to his room without saying a word, much to DJ's perplexity...