She yawned widely in the middle of her groom - a jesture that flat-out dismissed his comment - and flicked her tail. "I know you didn't sire him," Rhiow said. "But kittens who live to be toms are raised in-pride. You don't have to be rrai'fih to take him in." She used the Ailurin word that meant a pride-of-blood, where members were related to each other.