Had she been anyone other than who she was, Andi would probably have hugged the cat to her petulantly and said, "No! It's my ickle schnugglekums, aren't you weedle snookums? Yes, you are! You don't wanna go to the other lady, do you, cuddlekins? No, you don't!"

Being Andi, she simply resettled the animal a little more firmly into her lap and said, "I think it would be safer to wait till Professor Craft gets here so that she can verify Professor Virohsa's... ideas are completely unfounded." Who's'a goo' boy? Ishn't 'oo a cutie-wutie dumpling! She scratched the cat's chin, with no expression on her face.

The cat, seeming to sense it had found an ally, purred a little rustily and more than a little smugly.