I met Colson at the beginning of 2021. I was browsing at PetSmart and walked past the rodent cages, where I spotted this small black mouse with huge ears: a fancy mouse. I immediately took a photo of him. I thought he was the cutest thing, but I had never had a pet like this growing up, which is what mice, hamsters and guinea pigs were attributed to in my head (well, actually, I did have a guinea pig for about two days until it bit me and I asked my dad to take it back to the store), so I decided not to get him.