She heard his response, making a noise to let him know she'd heard. She had to shake herself out of her own thoughts, bringing her own shortlegged little kitten friend back up and apologizing.

"I need to put you away." He squirmed again as she held him at eye level, pausing for a moment when she smiled and blew on his nose. The distraction was enough for her to set him back on his pillow, then definitively close the door.

Things I shouldn't have time for. Just what those things included, she didn't presently want to say.

"What about Earth?" she asked as she turned back toward Marco.