The fish-market cat
Her accuracy can humiliate and hurt. Devices preserve surrounding sound while her speech returns as room-tone. The sayings travel through mouths, especially children's. The market cat also appears at the column. A gray talking cat is on the hill in the final story; their relation remains open. What the market cat paid for speech is withheld.
Biscuit
Biscuit takes the scissors during the rescue and delays their return through a game Rauf has taught him. The final shoe is an invitation to play. Later an unnamed man returns a visitor's shoe after first keeping his hands behind his back and walking away. Naming the dog supports the return; naming the man would go beyond that scene.
The parrot
The secondhand bird speaks through an uncleared personality. The mother keeps it, answers its ranking silently and hears its account of relays. Other characters try to place its story in a book. That does not place the bird in either of the famous novels.
The other animals
Nuri's pigeon interrupts the cutting of keys. Nadir's tortoise remains with his cousin after he takes the airport bus. The goat doubts the usefulness of the funicular. These lives need not be made into messengers, omens or another metered service to belong in the city.