[If her not commenting gives him pause, he doesn't indicate it. People come from all sorts to be here - who's to say someone hadn't come from somewhere with talking animals.

The serval folds its paws in a very human movement.]

To them you are a predator and they are the prey. Yes - you aren't currently a threat. You aren't currently preparing to gnaw at their bones. Yet the possibility remains. [He cocks his head.] We do not fault the gazelle from running from a lion at rest.

[The cat shifts on the windowsill, sitting upright.]

What directions?