"Yeah, alright. I'll accept that. Though that's less of a pet if you let it go.." Calen said, sounding almost like he was reasoning it out aloud. Only after a moment did he seem to realize he was picking apart what were perhaps treasured memories and paused briefly.

"Anyway. Probaby a good move on the raccoon though. Every few years the news would tell us we had rabid ones in our area. Did not want to go outside those winters.."