Python - TRUE LOVE

from collections import Counter

person1 = input("Input name of Person 1: ")
person2 = input("Input name of Person 2: ")

a = Counter(person1)
b = Counter(person2)

the_list = [ a[char] + b[char] for char in 'TRUELOVE' ]
#print(the_list)

for _ in range(6):
    pairs = list(zip(the_list, the_list[1:]))
    print(pairs)

    the_list = [sum(x) % 10 for x in pairs]
    print(the_list)

print(''.join(str(x) for x in the_list))