if you were a fly on the wall, you would hear silly (one-sided) conversations with atlas that sound like this:

“i love you so much, atlas. you are the cutest puppy ever. i don’t know what i would do without you. well, that’s not entirely true. i would do the same things i do with you, only without you.”

or this:

“atlas, sweetie, i love you more than all the gold in china. is there even gold in china? i should look that up. there’s probably tea. i love you more than all the tea in china. except i don’t love tea.”

or this, sung to the tune of the brady bunch theme song:

“you are my puppy, my little puppy. you are the cutest little puppy in the world. you are oh so sweet. how i love you. even though you aren’t a girl.” (the last line changes. another popular choice is “even though you have a tail”.)