<sub>[As a boy in a world where wizarding familiars have power and their own unique personality, he'd respected Vasilka as one would a person--Katherine's companion. But reality is back in play now and animals are just animals.

As a man, he's no longer concerned about offending a cat's sensibilities, and when he's close enough to reach out and touch the hairy beast, he gets a hand on either side of her and scoops her up without preamble. He doesn't intend to hurt the cat--that would be an unforgivably harsh response to an innocent animal, even here where animals are more or less just figments of their imagination given form.]</sub>

You're a troublemaker just like your predecessor. A pity you don't seem capable of speaking--you could explain to me how you got into a locked room ten floors up.