He's not going to deny that the goldfish seems durable. He has a lot of stamina for a creature only two inches long. How much time had he spent out of the water? A minute or so?

Best not push the fish's luck, though. He'll have to survive the rest of festival first. Then the transition to the bowl—though they probably should just buy a small tank if they want him to be healthy. It's a inadequate cage that kills them fastest.

"I didn't do a thing. But if you're naming him that, you're explaining things." Could maybe mess with kanji readings to Akihiko's name, but whatever. She can name it what she wants.

If the fish had been his, it likely would have remained nameless—at least in public.