The owner looked docile in Cooro's eyes, even a little sweet. She walked with footsteps so smooth, so gentle, it reminded Cooro of his sister when she was young like her—except he is younger than his sister. The girl pushed Boba aside and stared Cooro into his eyes. The girl stared at Cooro in his eyes, smiled, and raised a hand out for him.

" Hi. My name is Khara. Are you here for my add? I'm looking for people like you."

Khara's smile melted Cooro's heart. In Cooro's eyes, Khara wasn't like all the girls he ever met. She was pretty, cool, and sweet—she wasn't like the rash, heartless, and cold -and when he was thinking about girls he was mostly thinking about April.

" YOU!" A person shouted off in the distance. Cooro and Khara flinched though did not shudder. Cooro and Khara both turned to the right and saw a man off in the distance. The man was a muscular man with blue hair that like Boba was dressed in tribal-like clothes. His however looked more like bear pelts and he had two big scars on his face. " Khara, your dead! Rock Magic: Pebble Storm!"

The man banged both his fists together and a large brown circle of light illuminated between his arms. Then out of the circle came a swarm of small rocks with sharp points that were fired towards Khara.

" No!" Cooro pushed Khara out of the way and was hit by the swarm of pebbles instead. As he was being hit, small wounds of blood dripped out of his chest." Ack! I…must…protect…her…"

Khara was speechless. Never in her life did she see someone willingly put her life before her own. She was surprised how Cooro was able to endure all the rocks, even though she sensed his powers weren't even near as powerful as hers. The man trying to assassinate Khara stopped unleashing his swarm of pebbles as he landed gracefully on the ground and shouted out at Cooro.

" You fool! Don't you know who this girl is?!" While he was shouting, Khara slid her index finger across her throat. It was a sign too Boba to attack. " She's—"

" That's enough out of you!"

Everything happened in a flash…

In the end, Boba attacked him with a non-lethal move. The man was wiped out cold, his body was covered in scratches, and he was hardly breathing. Khara then walked up to the man, placed her feet on his stomach and looked Boba in his eyes.

" Boba, get this man to a hospital. We can't allow a dead person to be on our property. It would soil my wonderful home."

" Yes, lady Khara."

Boba grabbed the mysterious assassin, grabbed him, and disappeared in a flash of shadows. Khara was glad Boba was gone. Frankly, she didn't really like him. He was creepy and a bad temper because of his afro hair. She did however like Cooro- the only man who ever put his own life for her- pointed to the man with horns on his head and then pointed at Cooro.

" Get this man inside. Take him to our hospital chamber. When he's awake, I'm going to make sure he becomes one of us.

XXX

All seven followers of Khara watched Khara looked down at Cooro's sleeping face. Khara knew all of Cooro's credentials with her keen sense of mind. She could sense how Cooro was different from all the other people she had met. Unlike those who lived a life of joy and prosperity, Cooro had many sadism crept beneath his heart.

" Are you sure we should let this weakling stay with us?" Boba asked while Khare continued to stare at Cooro. " From what I just saw, he's pathetic. You wouldn't forgive any one of us if we lost against meager opponents like that last one, would you?"

" I guess it can't be helped. Him not having any magic disappoints me. But what he lacks in magic he is formidable with courage. If we train him diligently, he might be important to us. He might even beat all you someday."

" Pffffffft!" Boba stuck out his tongue and made the vibrations with his mouth. Then he put his tongue back into his mouth. " Like I'd ever lose to someone like him. I'm not a mercenary in this mansion for nothing, aren't I, miss Khara?"

" Indeed. But something tells me none of you—not even me—will be able to stop this man once he bears his roots."

" Ah," Cooro moaned in his sleep.

" It appears our esteemed guest is waking up. Let's try to give him the common courtesy he deserves."

" My head…" Cooro was semi-awake. His eyes were still closed but he received enough consciousness to be able to stand and rubbed his head. When he opened his eyes he saw Khara and her seven followers standing behind her. Cooro blinked his eyes looking at Khara's smiling face. " Er, did I fall asleep? What the heck happened?"

" Don't you remember what happened, you big goof?" Khara said with an innocent yet hypocritical voice.

" Well, I remember meeting you, I remember one of your guys having girly punches and…that's all I can remember."

" Perfect. I've erased his memories. But I had to be careful with him. His mind is superior to everyone here combined. But he is still not nearly as smart as me." Khara attempted to fane comfort too Cooro, she reached her hand out and touched his right shoulder. As her hand touched his shoulders, Khara gently rubbed it. " You must have been thirsty. The heat temperature of my lawn is over 200 degrees celsius. You passed out from a heat stroke."

" Huh? I don't remember it being that hot. But then my sister said my body was immune to temperatures. In the summer I would always wear snow jackets and in the winter I'd always wear a sleeveless shirt and shorts. But I'd always make sure to wear my scarf."

" Nah!" Boba stuck his tongue out at intending to mock Cooro. Cooro however didn't seem to hear or notice Boba as his eyes were staring too much into Khara's eyes. But after he got bored of sticking his tongue out, Boba put his tongue back in his mouth and glared at Cooro again. " Enough of your useless squabble. Why don't you be like every good servant of lady Khara and bow to her?"

" B-bow?"

" It's customary for my subjects to bow to me when they're in my presence. Since you're now a member like us, you will have to follow all our customs."

" Forgive me if I don't bow, my lady," Cooro grumbled under his breath. " I bow for no person. You're just going to have to accept that."

" Why YOU!" Boda tried to run at Cooro in order for him to strange him, but both the tall man with the demon forehead protector and the velvet looking person that had a hermaphrodite relation stopped him before he could move any further. " LET ME AT HIM! I'LL CRACK HIS BONES INTO DUST!"

" Now, now, Boda, you heard what lady said," the hermaphrodite sex person said with a voice that sounded both feminine and robust at the same time. " We're not too lay a finger on this man until she's examined him."

" Ox," the tall man said. Apparently he didn't have much of a brain in Cooro's eyes.

" Well, if you won't bow to me, then there's another way you can show your respect. Just follow me."

XXX

Cooro was in what he believed to be a dungeon. There was pendulums' swinging back and forth, crates aligned against the walls, the room created by rocks, and only one small window over his head. In the center of the room was a large slab in the shape of a cube.

" I wonder why a little girl would want a macabre place like this. Probably to punish all the slaves that don't go what they're told. Either way, this is very creepy."

Khara and her seven servants were ahead of Khara. The small girl kept acting coy while she was sitting on top of the slab. Khara laughed jumping on the top of the slab, shaked her arms around, only for her to quickly grow tired of it and sit down on the surface of the slab.

" Do you know how much this slab weighs?" Khara asked. As she was talking, she stroked her legs with her fingers. " It weighs nearly 25 tons. It would take all seven people here not including me or you to even carry it an inch away. But you, my new household member, you are going to lift this slab up and carry it on your back for a duration of time."

" Okay. So how long do I have to carry that thing? Like thirty minutes? An hour? Two hours?"

" You have to hold this thing on your back for exactly twenty-four hours."

" TWENTY FOUR HOURS?!" Cooro heaved at the words he was being told. Only he stopped himself from saying more from the fear of all seven servants staring at him. " I-I can't carry that thing for twenty-four hours. It's physically impossible."

" That's up to me to decide whether it's possible or not. If you have the stability to carry this on your back for exactly one day, then I'll let you live in our house. "

" I'd say lady Khara is letting you off easy, kid," Boba snickered as he pat the top of the slab. " If it were me giving the orders, I'd make you hold three of these for three days. But it doesn't look like you can even hold one since you're not even half the man I am."

" This guy is such a cox," Cooro thought. " If I have to beat up every single person in this house, he will be the first one to fight on my list."

Cooro pushed all seven friends of Khara aside, leaned down and he reached for the slab. Using all the strength he could muster, and additional energy he got from adrenaline of being found out as a spy, Cooro barely lifted the slab off the ground. It weighed heavily in his hands. Cooro nearly dripped, nearly tripped and had to stand on only one foot, only out of sheer luck was he able to place the slab on his back.

" Interesting," Khara thought while she looked at Cooro. " Most people who try to lift it would have their wills crushed instantly. Just how powerful is this guys will?"

Cooro could barely stand up with the giant slab weighed down upon on. He felt as though he was a snail with a rock replacing his shell. The only thing Cooro could do was breathe while he was burdened holding the heavy slab. No sooner did he place the slab on his back, all seven servants of Khara lined up from biggest to smallest—the hermaphrodite on the far left and the tall man with the symbol 鬼 on his forehead protector.

" Forgive our previous rudeness. I totally forgot to introduce you to all my servants. I think hearing their names will help you learn to relax. Well, ladies and gentlemen, please tell him your names from left to right."

" My name is Hex," the hermaphrodite said in a voice that neither sounded like a boy nor girl. " My hobbies include writing blue prints and listening to birds chirp."

" My name is Boba," Boba the afro-headed man with the tribal shirt said. " I like to make new members feel bad and I like to get into fistfights.

" Yeah, I totally figured that out."

" My name is Samba," the girl where the feather circlet said. " I like to do samba, masquerade, and dance with other people. But mostly I like doing the samba." Samba jiggled her chest and swayed her chest while saying the word " samba".

" My name is EO," the bald woman said. On the side of her head was red thread stiched EO. " I don't really like or hate anything. The only thing that goes through my mind is how I can help Lady Khara even if it means I'll have to kill someone."

" Creepy."

" My name is Sano," the man wearing a turban said. " My likes include poetry and reading words backwards. I find that they are both good exercises for the brain."

" I think I might actually like this guy. He kind of reminds me of me."

" My name is Junichi," the creature that was half-rabbit and half-shirk said. " I like winter. And I like chasing after animals that are faster than me."

" Aww, this guy is so cute. I just like animals."

" Ox," the tallest of the group with horns out of his head said. " Ox."

" I'm guessing that's the only word he does know."

" And my name is Khara. Of course you probably already know that. I'm the adopted daughter of the owner of this house, but unfortunately he passed away. Now, since someone needs to watch you while you're in that state, so my servants need to take turns watching you. I would watch you myself, but I'm way too busy for that."

" So-ack-who-ack-is going to-ack-take the first-ack -watch?" Cooro asked while he gave all his strength trying to hold the slab up.

" Well, let's first do the math. I'd the time to separate is three hours and thirty minutes. Now to start, I think I'll go with Babo, then EO, Hex, Samba, Sano, Ox, and finally Junichi. Now, let the timing begin."

Khara and every one of her servants except Babo followed her out of the room. Babo cracked his knocks and smirked walking over to Cooro.

" Too bad. Looks like lady Khara isn't here to protect you anymore. I'm going to do whatever I feel like to you." Babo stopped cracking his knuckles and punched Cooro in the face. Just like the last time, Cooro didn't even flinch being punched by Babo. " What, not saying anything?"

" I'm just surprised by how much you punch like a girl even though you sounded so macho," Cooro said in a expressionless tone even when he was being crushed.

" Oh yeah. That reminds me, everyone said what they like, so what do you like?"

" What do I like?" At a moment like this Cooro wanted to rub his chin to think, but he had to use both his hands to hold up the giant slab. " Well, I guess I like taking hot bathes after studying. I especially like having bathes outdoors while it's gently snowing. It makes me feel at ease."

" That's stupid."

" Huh?"

" If you're going to take a bath, it should be surrounded by girls. And after taking a bath, you should have a nice cold drink."

" Has that ever happened to you?"

For some strange reason Babo got angry at Cooro. He squeezed both his hands, raised his right fist up, shouted, " Shut up!"

Babo bombarded Cooro with a barrage of fists. Cooro was being bruised by the punches, the dirt on Babo's hands splattered all over his face, but Cooro just stared at him with his expressionless face.

" Just a little while longer. If all I have to do is hold this stupid slab up for twenty four hours then so be it. Life was always a matter of waiting for the right moment to act. I'll get that old man's wife back, beat Khara and all her servants, and get my reward money. I promise myself that's what I'll do. "

Babo's time watching Cooro had finally came to an end. Babo did nothing but punch Cooro in his face every second he got while he was with him. Cooro was indulgent to drop the slab and punch Babo in his smug little face, but another part of him made him hold the slab without letting go.

EO finally walked into the door. The first thing she saw was the wounded, bleeding face of Cooro. The next thing she saw was Babo standing above Cooro with his knuckles smeared with blood. Babo heaved as he punched Cooro in his face one more time.

" Did you have fun?" EO asked, she closed the door to the room behind her. " Looks like he's a hard egg to hatch."

" Hard?" Babo said acerbically while shaking his bleeding hands. " This kids' face feel s like it's made out of solid gold. I punched metal that got hurt worse than him."

" That's nice. Anyways, your time is up so I'll be taking over your shift."

" About time. I was getting bored of him. I think I'll go to the kitchen and help myself to whatever I can find."

EO stepped out of the way as she let Babo walk by her and make his way through the door. He then closed the door shut as EO sat down at the chair next to the door. She would be spending over three hours alone with Cooro, but she did nothing but cross her eyes and stare at him through her shades.

" Your friend there seemed nice," Cooro mumbled sarcastically. " I bet he's a real charmer with the ladies."

" He certainly is no charmer with me," EO said while she had her arms crossed. She then stared down and shaked her head. " This is no good. I thought Lady Khara's orders would give me the strength to endure this torture, but you're just no fun to be around whatsoever."

" Oh yeah. Why don't you say that to my sister Nana? I'm sure she's just dying to meet someone like you. What do you even do that's so exciting?"

" Well, I do have one thing I like to do. I would wait in the park to find a dog that would go pop. I'd scoop that poop up and bring it back to my freezer. I like how after a day the odor would dissipate and it would dry up and harden like a rock, where upon I put it under a radiator so it would fester and further fossilize into dust or extinction or discovery. That is what I enjoy.

" Well, I would rather watch paint dry than do something like that. "

XXX

After being in the room for three hours and something minutes the hermaphrodite Hex walked inside. The first thing Hex saw was EO placing things that looked like hardened rocks under Cooro's hands while Cooro shuddered holding the slab up.

" C'mon, you big baby," said EO who rubbed the hardened rocks on Cooro's fingers. " It doesn't feel that bad. Stop acting like such a big baby. "

Cooro however had different thoughts about the rocks. He sweat heavily from holding the slab, gritted his teeth while his lower lip jutted out, and squeezed the slab with his fingers as a loud grunting noise was heard through his teeth.

" I-ack-hate-ack-you,"

" I'm here," Hex said in his voice that was neither male nor female. " I'm here to relieve you or your post."

" Good," EO said as she grabbed her hardened rocks and stood up while she walked towards the door. " Things here were just so boring. I don't know why he can't just give up and bow to Lady Khara."

" I don't know why either. By the way, EO, where did you find those rocks?"

" There-ack-not-ack-rocks."

EO walked through the entrance to the room and closed the door behind her. A clanking noise could be heard from the door as she closed it. Hex ignored the sound and sat on the chair next to the door. Unlike EO he sat with his head on the chair and his feet facing up.

Hex stared at Cooro with the same lavender eyes he/she had at the entrance. " I can see through your soul. I can see your weak essence. But sometimes you need a pawn in a game of chess. They can be used as a decoy for the King and the Queen."

" So creepy," Cooro thought while he grunted holding the slab. " So, are you a boy or a girl?" Hex didn't say anything and just stared at Cooro. " Sorry, but I thought I was at liberty to ask. I guess I was just mistaking myself—"

Hex surprised Cooro by standing up. Hex stood up and unbuckled his/her coat. And under the coat Cooro saw Hex's bare chest. Hex's body was simply a sight to behold. Hex didn't have any nipples or areolas, not a copulatory organ or a female uterus but just skin.

" As you can see I am no longer male or female. I am simply just a Rook for Lady Khara."

" Ack! That is entirely creepy. Ack, I can feel my arms and legs going numb. If I don't get this thing off me soon I feel like I'm going to break."

" Perhaps you would like me to help get it off of you, Cooro?" Kanellos said inside Cooro's mind. " I could toss this slab aside with only one finger. Just give me the word, Cooro."

" No way! This is like a test to me. Asking for your help would be like cheating. And Cooro Dash never cheats on anything. And he also will excel at everything." Cooro gave in to each of Cooro's glands that gave him power to lift the slab up again. " I will die before I fail."

" Ooh. I love it when you talk dirty to me. It makes me fell so alive."

" And I hate it when you flirt with me. It just irritates me. "

XXX

Hex's time spending with Cooro finally came to foreclose. And it was by far the boringest time he had with any of Khara's servants. Then there was Samba. She danced in, a cavaco, in her hands, and she played the cavaco while she kept cackling "samba, samba".

" I'm here to relieve you, Hex," Samba singed as she jiggled her chest like a belly-dancer and played the cavaco at the same time.

" Pitiful," Hex replied while he kept his hand down. " And here I was about to be acquainted with Mr. Cooro. But I guess petty matters like these can't be helped. But I did enjoy what we did together."

" He ranted on and on about chores he did in the mansion. And then he told me how I can please this Lady Khara. Talk about a suck-up."

Hex walked through the doors to the room and closed the doors behind him. Samba pranced around like a bird, flapped her wings, and she kept saying " Samba, samba, samba, samba, samba"

Hey, let's do the samba.

Hey, let's do the samba.

Ooh, yes. Samba, samba, samba, samba.

Hey, let's do the samba

Hey, let's do the samba.

Ooh, yes. Samba, samba, samba, samba.

Cooro's arms were anchored down by the giant slab in his hands but if they weren't he would strangle Samba for being so annoying.

" Cackling ol' crone."

" Samba, samba, samba. Ooh." Samba skipped over to Cooro and squeezed his cheeks. She pulled on his face and stuck it between her chest. " Samba like. Samba like creepy, handsome man very much. Let's do samba together. Samba."

" Ugh! This bird girl has seeds for brains," Cooro thought while his face was squashed in Samba's chest. " When I get out of here, I think she'll be the second on my list to beat up right after that afro boy."

XXX

Samba's time finally came to an end and Sano's time came. Unlike the rest of the members Sano had a pile of books in his hands and dropped them beside the chair. He stared at Samba who was both dancing and hugging Cooro on occasion. Cooro heaved, grunted as he continued trying to hold the slab up.

" Ahem," Sano coughed that alerted Samba he was there. Samba stopped hugging Cooro and skipped happily towards Sano. " I'm here to relieve you of your duty."

" Aw, can't I stay just a little while longer?" Samba whined to Sano. " I think I was falling in love."

" It's Lady Khara's orders. You wouldn't want to go against Lady Khara's orders, would you?"

" Poo. I guess it can't be helped. " Samba skipped to the door and was about to skip out. But she stopped at the entrance, turned her head around, and smiled seductively at Cooro. " If you ever want someone to help make your babies, you know who to call. Samba, samba, samba. Bye, bye, Cooro poo. Samba."

" Ever word that comes out of her mouth makes me want to bleed my ears out."

The slab seemed to be anchoring Cooro down even harder as his arms and legs lost some of their vigor. Cooro's stomach also rumbled as he hadn't eaten anything for over twelve hours. While his stomach was empty and he felt more dead than alive, Sano was reading a small booklet.

" I'm guessing-ack-that book you have-ack-is from Zekua Melon?" Cooro grunted while holding up his slab. " I-ack-love his-ack-works."

" Me too," Sano said as his eyes twinkled with stars. " I especially love his earlier books. They were so—wait a minute. Why am I talking to you? You're suppose to be tortured."

Cooro's stomach rumbled even louder. The sound of his stomach caused him great pain. Sano also noticed this pain, stared at Cooro with a puzzled face, but then he shaked it off and started reading through a book

" Food," Cooro muttered while he was in great pain.

" There is no food allowed while you're going through this trial."

" No, not for me. I was wondering if perhaps you were feeling hungry. Perhaps you can ask this Lady Khara to send you some food."

" Hmmmmm. No one's ever showed concern for my well-being. People have been ignoring me their whole life. Whoever this kid is, he's different from anyone I've met before."

XXX

Sano's time with Cooro finally ended and the forehead protector wearing giant Ox waked in. Ox banged his head on the top of the door since he was too tall. Inside he saw Sano and Cooro. Both were crying through their eyes. Sano wiped the tears away, but Cooro couldn't since he was too busy keeping the slab up.

" That was beautiful," Cooro said tearfully crying. " Can you please read it to me again."

" I'm sorry, but I just can't do that. I have to get going. But I hope you pass so…" Sano sniffled again. He rubbed his nostrils with his hands and turned his head on Cooro. " We can talk again."

Sano ran out, crying, and pushed into Ox before he ran out through the door. When Sano left the tears in Cooro instantly vanished seeing the giant, bulky man with the cow-horns and forehead protector."

" Ox," the big man known as Ox said. "" Ox. Ox, Ox, Ox, Ox. Ox; Ox. Ox'd Ox'n—Ox, Ox, Ox, Ox—Ox, Ox, Ox. "

" Does he even listen to the words that come out of his mouth?" Cooro thought as he looked at Ox right through his eyes. Ox looked down at Cooro as if he was expecting Cooro to say something. Cooro was nervous watching him and muttered the first word that popped into his head. " Ah, Ox."

" Ox?" Ox got angry. The giants face boiled red from his anger and he flailed both his hands like a toddlers angrily. " Ox! Ox, Ox, Ox! Ox! OX!"

" Okay, he doesn't like whatever I just said."

XXX

Finally, it was Junichi's turn to watch Cooro. With Junichi there Cooro knew he only had three hours left to go. However, the time he spent with Junichi was by far the hardest he spent with any other member. For one thing he was distracted with how cute Junichi looked; he had a soft heart for animals or anything that looked like animals ( except Samba or April cosplaying of course). And another thing he had to deal with was Ox jumping up and down on the slab.

" Are you sure you should be still here, Ox?" Junichi asked as he sat on the chair with his arms crossed. " And are you sure you should be doing that? We're suppose to be giving this kid a fair trial."

" Ox! Ox, Ox, Ox, Ox!"

" I see. I was just checking. But if Lady Khara finds out you did something like this, she will not be happy."

" Okay. I think I have an analysis of everyone in this mansion. Babo appears to be the bad boy, EO has strange tastes in things, Hex seems to be an exhibitionist that shows his or her private parts, Samba's a man-eater, Sano's a bookworm like me, Junichi seems to be the loyal dog, or rabbit I can't tell, and Ox is…I don't really know."

" You're starting to lose your grip, Cooro." Kanellos said inside Cooro's mind. " If there's ever a time you'll need my help now would be the perfect situation."

" Why are you always bothering me? Why can't you just leave me alone?"

" I'm afraid I can't do that, Cooro. See, when you needed my help against that ruffian, you signed a contract with me. And that contract is embedded in that emblem in your bracelet. Your father found me. He wanted us to be together sooner, but he also wanted you to have a normal life. "

" I see. What did my father look like? I've hardly known him."

" I'm afraid brusque people like your father have eluded me. Now, would you like my help? I'm with you until the day I die."

" No…I promised myself I would never cheat in anything."

" What's with you? What's so important about playing fair? I didn't want to say this, but you're weak. Without my help you can't even fight your way out of a plastic cup."

" Shut up."

" No matter how hard you try, in this world where magic is everything you won't be able to last very long. Why risk yourself when you can get by with just m—"

" Shut up! SHUT UP!"

Cooro felt strength circulating through his body. He was able to lift the slab up higher even with the giant Ox standing on top of him. His strength surprised both Ox and Junichi. In his eyes Junichi cold see flames boiling through the pupils of his eyes, his teeth became sharp like a tiger, and even his body was on fire.

" What kind of magic is this?" Junichi thought while he gazed at Cooro. " Is he developing some kind of magic? What type of magic could he possibly gain?"

" I see. So you've had magic hidden within you all along. But you have yet to harness it properly, Cooro."

XXX

Every one of the servants were walking together—Babo, EO, Hex, Samba, and Sano—and they surrounded their leader Lady Khara. She walked with her servants to the room where they were keeping Cooro.

" He only has one minute left," Khara said as she walked. " I think I see how much he has progressed first hand."

Lady Khara and everyone else she was with finally reached the door where they were holding Cooro. The door opened and both Ox and Junichi walked out. Lady Khara smiled at the sight of Ox and Junichi. Too her seeing them was her time of sagacious.

" Time's up. So, how did he do?"

" As you might know, Lady Khara, no ordinary man would be able to pass this test," Junichi said.

" I see. So I'm guessing our esteemed guest has failed?"

" You didn't let me finish, Lady Khara. As you already know, no ordinary man would be able to pass this trial. But this kid—"

Junichi pushed the door open. Inside Lady Khara, Babo, EO, Hex, Samba, and Sano all saw Cooro, and they gasped seeing him. What was most surprising was he was still holding the slab, his body illuminated with green aura, and his eyes were burning with fire. Everyone who watched him were speechless.

" He is no ordinary man."

" H-he…" Lady Khara stopped gapping and pointed to Babo. " Babo, get that slab off of him. He's passed the test." Lady Khara then pointed her fingers at Sano. " And get him a tuxedo. Right now, he's officially a member of us."