It's a very strange one, yes. It steals from all sorts of other languages. [Esther nods, glancing back at her easel thoughtfully and then toward the stacks of drawing paper on the shelves.] Weasels don't seem much fun to deal with, but otters are interesting. Ferrets are playful like that, aren't they?

That's an ominous name. [Yes, this "kid" knows "ominous" but not "gerbil."] It must empty out somewhere.