At their home, Charm and Zuma relaxed. Their 'home' was actually just a bunch of wooden boards like a roof leaned sideways onto a cement wall on the outside of a building. It was dark because the buildings blocked the sunlight. It was really cramped and uncomfortable, but it was all they had. Once, when they tried to find a new kind of shelter, they almost got shot to death, so they quit trying to find a new home and just decided to deal with what they had. They were so skinny because they barely ate, and so strong because they have had to fight so many predators, or people in the past. They had many nasty scars from so many fights with enemies, but their fur covered most of them. They were never completely safe because where they lived, anything could've happened. One pup always had to be on the lookout for anything strange because they always watched out for each other. 

Charm's dream was to become a doctor but THAT was never going to happen because she was just a dog, right? Plus, she didn't have any supplies in the first place. She had to steal the orange bandages she used for Zuma a few days ago from the store because they had nothing. She knew her dream would never come true.

Zuma's dream was to live near the water so he could swim every day and always know the ocean was right there. That was his lifelong dream. He just wanted to at least SEE the ocean to hear the waves crash and lie in the soft sand underneath the bright sun, but that would never happen EITHER because where they lived, nothing was possible.