Heath Gruff is a Bulldog, the steady weight other pups lean against without asking. Out near the satellite flowers field, Heath Gruff keeps a small ritual that involves an old human photo of a smiling dog and human and a quiet bow. Around the lower mall after rain season, Heath Gruff is treated like a small weather system that mostly improves the day. Heath Gruff keeps a private promise to leave nothing important undone before the next strange morning.