It's been so long, but we're finally back home. Salutations, everyone!

And, bizarrely, for Max utterly confusion, Mr. Rabbit and Meryl the Mole went pale, as white a sheet of paper.
Mr. Rabbit sttutered.
“A M-m-mouse?”
And Meryl the Mole replied with a not-so-convicing nonchalant tone.
“p-p-pfff, don’t be s-silly, max. m-mouses do not exist!”
“Isn’t it “Mice” the correct the term?”
And they quickly covered his mouth desperately.
“SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!”