Anthony let his smile go wistful, and a dry tumbleweed of a messy thought blow across his mind.

He thought likewise, above anything else because it was one less thing for him - any of them, as things were to proceed, for them to be "missing" from. He thought of it no further into the future for now - and he shook the weight off the friendliness. "Good..." he managed to pick up. " -- What about your tail - ...?"