[ joke's on him, her fun is bulletproof. ]

The point is you're still putting sh— stuff in your mouth to see what happens. That's something kids do.

[ that insistence on being a puppet, though... she's like the last fucking person to play identity police, and she remembers how Mochi had talked about humans. the thought has the grin slipping from her face, her head cocking to one side in a very canine gesture. ]

...Is there some rule that says you can't be both? A kid and a puppet.