A Gagger

"Ben is an actual bat, you French jackass! And yes, I would like for you to animate him, or whatever. That creature had been there with me through thick and thin. Saved me from a bear attack one night when I was walking him," Teresa declared, and I had to take a double take of what I had just heard.

Sofia was the first to ask the question.

"Wait. You take your pet bat for walks? How does that even work?" Sofia asked with a perplexed look on her face as she fingered her lower lip.

"Walking? Well, I walk, and I let him fly, of course! His little spindly legs aren't too good at that! Ha! We tried the whole leash thing, but that just made him flop like a dead fish," Teresa explained, shaking her head in disappointment.

"Then how do you make him come back?" Aiko asked, and I nodded.