Made sense, from his admittedly sketchy knowledge of what life was like back then. He imagined it would have been difficult for anyone except the well off to keep animals that weren't actively helpful, and for a moment he wondered how it had gone down - did they simply not replace pets that died, or did they abandon or euthanise them once they couldn't afford to feed them anymore?
Didn't matter, really.
"Guess there's not much stopping us here," he pointed out. "I mean, apart from the fact that anyone can just disappear at any time without warning." Apart from that.