Are you sure you want to release this pet?

Okay, so, the other day, I was going through my pets. I had a bunch of arctic wolf pets which I got from early 2013 (or 2014?). I guess you could call them old membership promos. I was really childish back then, so I made a bunch of them. I counted around forty arctic wolf pets in total, and that's not even including the owls, snakes, and tigers I made. I smiled and exited out of my pets, answering a Skype call from my friend. We started screen sharing and she told me to show her my pets. I quickly opened the tab up again, and she poked fun at me for having so many "useless pets."

"You don't even use them," she said.

"Yeah, but you know how I am. I like to think things have feelings," I replied. It was true.

"Well, okay. But I bet all those pets are probably contributing to how easily you lag. Maybe release a few of them. It's for your own good."

I rolled my eyes and continued talking to her while I picked out which pets I should release. She had a valid point. I managed to weed out around twenty arctic wolves, snakes, tigers and owls. Nothing was going weird or anything, I was just releasing all of them. It was only until I accidentally clicked on my very first pet; a blue arctic wolf wearing an arctic hood and a black and red elf tail . Of course, it asked me, "are you sure you want to release this pet?"

At that point, my friend said, "oh. Just release it. Not like you can't just make another one when you feel like it. Plus, it'll get rid of more lag. Why don't you just release all of the ones you can buy?"

"I dunno. Sentimental value or something," I mumbled as I absentmindedly pressed "OK."

Strangely enough, it asked me again, "are you sure you want to delete Riverflyer?"

That's weird. My friend confirmed my thoughts, "uh, is that a glitch? I don't think that's supposed to happen, lol."

I agreed with her. For one, it said 'delete' instead of release. And two, it said my pet's name. I shrugged it off. Maybe it was just a bug. Perhaps that was what the default message for pet releasing used to be, and I just accidentally triggered that by releasing too many pets in one sitting.

"I gotta go have dinner," my friend said, snapping me out of my thoughts.

"Wait, what should I do? This seems kinda cool and I dunno how to get it again," I ask. I was genuinely curious.

"Uh, I dunno. Just press OK and see what happens. My mum's getting really mad, so just send me screenshots or take a recording. Bye!" she said, ending the call.

I say bye and press "OK." Riverflyer (my arctic wolf pet) disappeared from my pet inventory as usual and I felt pretty disappointed. I thought something cool would happen. I continue recycling a lot of my other  and then go to Aldan to start trading. I received a trade for my pet seal: an orange long and a blue arctic wolf which looked identical to Riverflyer. I scrunched my face in confusion, moving my mouse to click on the pet certificate, but the person  the trade before I could.

Who did that? I say, in game.

''Me! But  if it was fair. ''A bunny says.

''I think it was a little bit under, but can I see the pet you added to the trade? ''I say.

''What pet? ''They ask. They do the confused face . I do the same.

''The blue arctic wolf pet. ''I say.

''Uh, I only did an orange long. ''They do the confused face again.

''Oh. Nvm, sorry. ''I say. They leave.