this is like in the wizard of oz books when Dorothy realizes that every animal– even animals from the regular world– can talk when they’re in Oz. so she’s like, “Toto, look, I just want to know if you can talk. Why don’t you talk?? You should be able to talk here, do you want to talk??” and Toto just says “no” and never talks again. all like fifteen books he can talk and chooses not to except to let Dorothy know that he can talk, and simply doesn’t want to. iconic
