"Because I'm not often surprised, but you could say I've come to anticipate it recently."

He still looking at the black cat as if he's evaluating him keenly, his eyes sharp and bright. "And I haven't often met talking animals. Talking cats, even less so."

And he's so... unbearably curious. It doesn't hit him all at once, but it's there and only rising the longer he sits face to face with the other feline.

"What should I call you?"