It does not occur to Taako that the helpfulness of the cats could even be a factor, and if forewarned, he would still probably have some mega doubts. Still, Ren is right, this is a win-win scenario, so does it matter? No. "Yeah! That's how we do."

Now that there's semi-real stakes beyond just cat decorating, Taako means business. He chooses his first cat, isolates it visually in a frame of his thumbs and index fingers, studying it with one eye closed. Sure is a cat.

Now it's a flame decal cat, and Taako is going to suffocate from laughter. He wipes a tear from his eye, decides the cat should smell like toasted marshmallow, loses his shit even more. "Beat that."