[It's weird because the cloth is warm. Like the whole thing is alive, as strange as it sounds. Creatures like this are odd.]

I've just been calling it Al, or the Tomato Guy. It's...not really a pet so much as something I think is summoned for a purpose. I've been using him to help out around the house while my roommate is home for the summer.

[She leaves off the part where she's been using it to scout out the subway entrances. And to prank her friends. Because while she can't be in two places at once...]

He's kind of cute, don't you think? A little weird, but once you get used to him, he's not so bad.