Mono seemed to tilt his head at the question. In his world, the thought hadn’t even crossed his mind for obvious reasons. Well… That wasn’t strictly true. He’d found a building once that had strange creatures within that had been kind of sad looking, but survival and the goal of moving forward made lingering impractical. Then being here at Aterat… The boy shrugged. “Nope, I do think the animals are neat here, though. I like watching them in the park? But I dunno about having a pet. You guys already got pets, and… I dunno if I would do a good job taking care of something?”

It seemed like a big responsibility, after all. What if he didn’t do a good job, and they stopped liking him?