[She knows there's certainly no reason beyond practicality that Gray would want a cat! That's why she follows up with,] Of course, a working cat would also free you of the need to have it sleep inside.

[The riled crowed ripples around the dissident's inciting speech, and she's reminded yet again that this city and its inhabitants are aching. That was why she was called here, wasn't it? Caren blinks at Gray for a moment before it occurs to her that they haven't met in quite some time.

The last month feels like a nothingness - which is impressive, as it also contained the countless days spent bent over a cure for the Blight, a cycle that felt too familiar to her.]

Well, this is where I'm staying, so I've been here.