"You've got this colossal thing you have to do, and you can't tell anyone about it or the last hundred years, and you're stuck in this vast empty void in the middle of nowhere trying to make a world out of our memories?" she said, turning towards him firmly with a raised eyebrow. Oh, that homesickness was there.

"Yeah, if it weren't for the fact that they brought my damned bridge, I'd probably be just a little homsick too. Look... I'm not from your world. Trust me. Cat people? Noooot a thing where I come from. Just the occasional bakaneko and nekomata. And there never have been, not for the last thousand years. So... if it keeps you from croaking in front of me? I'll agree to keep my trap shut about whatever we talk about today. You clearly need a talk." Ahem. Grunt. "What is it exactly you have to do?"