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[notagenderswap]

You wish for me to name it?

...

It is an animal. It does not need a name.

[Insistent mun continues.]

Is hedgehog not appropriate? That is what it is.

Comments

[imago]

Of course it's appropriate. But if you get more than one, you should number them.

[notagenderswap]

I am familiar with the practice of numbering animals. Then Hedgehog-1 may be appropriate?

[imago]

Or just One for short, if they're all hedgehogs. See, these are Numbers Four through Six.

Of course, there are people who go out of their way to give pets eccentric names, but I prefer to get down to the point.

[notagenderswap]

[She looks intrigued by these... things.]

These do not resemble any animal I am familiar with. What are they?

[imago]

They're Mojo. A kind of virtual pet. Of course, I made some modifications to them after I purchased them. They're smart enough, I guess.

Although they panic sometimes.

[hellionated]

I would've thought names would be important to you.

[notagenderswap]

What causes them to panic? Sensing predators?

[notagenderswap]

Yes.

I have never been asked to assist in the naming of an animal however.

[hellionated]

Gotta start somewhere.

Who does it belong to?

[notagenderswap]

A muse belonging to one of my mun's friends.

[hellionated]

And they got a hedgehog for a pet? That's weird.

[notagenderswap]

What is weird about it?

[hellionated]

People don't normally keep those. They have dogs or cats or something.

[notagenderswap]

[She considers that a moment. It's true she's never known anyone who keeps anything but cats and dogs but she isn't used to the notion of animals being pets to begin with so...]

They seem rather...

[What's the word?]

Cute.

[imago]

You could say that. Antivirus Searchmatons, other hackers. They need oversight to function at peak efficiency.

[hellionated]

[ He looks at her for a minute. Then he shrugs. ]

Hey, if you say so.

Call it Quill. Like a tribute.

[notagenderswap]

Something like a handler?

[She understood needing oversight quite well.]

[notagenderswap]

Quill.

[Mulling on that a moment.]

That seems very obvious as well. Like Hedgehog as a name.

[Not that that makes it a good idea or a bad one. In true Laura fashion, she's just stating the obvious too.]

[hellionated]

Well if you want obscure, give him a regular human name. Or call him Lassie, I don't know.

[notagenderswap]

You are annoyed.

[imago]

Yeah, something like that. They're underling-types.

There are pets that are more like real animals, but those aren't as useful.

[hellionated]

[ He looks sideways at her. He's rarely not annoyed. ]

I'm fine.