“Right… Of course… Yeah, of course I know their names…” He was stalling. He had no idea what asura liked naming their pets. “The names of her dogs…” His eyes searched the room desperately, “…are…” as if a clue could be found peeking out of floorboards “…definitely…” or the indoor plants. “…absolutely…” There was a rug beneath their feet, patterned in repeating zeroes and ones.
“…”
This was the stupidest idea.
“…Zero and One?”
Another pause that felt far too long.
Finally, Rhin frowned, “Are you sure…?”
Yep. Too stupid an idea.
“Zero sounds right,” Rhin continued,”but I could’ve sworn her other dog was One-One-Zero-One or One-One-One-One.”
Tora blinked.
Either this man was messing with him, or asura just loved numbers more than Tora realized.
…He was willing to bet on the numbers thing.
“Right, right, yeah, sure,” the thief replied casually. “Y’know how like, ah, ya name a pet one thing, but then ya have like a billion nicknames y’use instead?”
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