Beep didn’t understand the squeaking, but she nodded anyway. “Right.
Thank you very much,” she said, hoping she was saying the right thing.
Hey, this guy had just saved their lives. The least she could do was be
polite.

Susumu looked in the room, and her eyes immediately started sparkling. “Oh wow!” she exclaimed. “What’s all this?”

Beep frowned slightly. “Susumu. You know what those things are,” she scolded. “Human noise boxes. Too loud for my liking.”

Susumu
continued looking in the room anyway. “Aww, come on!” she said, looking
at Cat Slime hopefully. “Can’t we go inside for a bit?”

Cat Slime smiled.

“Mi mi mi mi MI mi!” he squeaked, proud of his self-perceived prowess at running the turntable.

His ears sagged somewhat as Beep said it would be too loud. Ah well, maybe he could come back later if they wanted…Oh, Susumu wanted to go in now?

His ears perked up again and he nodded, bounding over to the turntable with the intent of playing something a little softer.