He put his arm around the cat in a friendly manner. “Ah, you’ll be okay. I’m sure things will get better for you.”

cant say i’ve ever tried to get any out of there although, it sounds like it’d be fun to try now

“..Cult? Wait, wait, wait. There’s a cult?”

“They burned down your house!?” Damn that coulda been a good story. ..Where had he been? “…Didn’t even know there was a nearby cult!”