"I've never had one," Peggy admits, and even now she doesn't consider herself the owner of any pets. After all, the pigeons are useful mechanisms of communications and she doesn't dote on them. They're strictly practical. "I suppose I'm missing out on some pet-owner connection?" she estimates. "I've heard that an animal companion can be somewhat soothing, though I'm not sure I believe that."

After all, Bernard Stark has proven to be merely stressful, in all his flamingo glory.