“It’s not an it,” she said. “It’s a they. They’re a ferret. A nonbinary, gender-fluid ferret, so don’t let them hear you calling them a rat. They hate that.” “I’m sorry,” Benny said. “I didn’t mean it.” And because he wanted to make up for drooling and for being rude and for looking at her chest, he asked, “Do they have a name?” “Of course they do,” the girl said over her shoulder. “Their name is TAZ.”
