in mathematics two numbers together sometimes means multiplication so abntt didn't need x and if x was used in the multiplication, he would've been sucked into donut aswell. and if that was the case, firey would probably suck out four and x at the same time, so that when pin squirted them out, it would've made some weird four and x hybrid thing, unless firey got them out seperately.
if four and x both got squished together, one would get sucked up into the other. edit: i have now named this four and x hybrid faux