Both of the cats end up following Yussa into the kitchen anyway, brushing against his ankles, where Caleb takes note of his wool socks. He supposes that with a wardrobe as extensive as Yussa's he must have something for every occasion, even if it doesn't see frequent use. Caleb is very glad he has decided to opt for an outfit very different from his usual today, both because he looks good in it and for practical purposes. He shudders to think of his cats leaving fur all over the delicate, expensive robes he typically wears.
He is gathering things to begin preparing dinner when Yussa joins him, commenting that he'd had cats in the past. This is new information to Caleb, but in retrospect it makes sense. He remembers Yussa's hand confidently stroking along the length of his back earlier today, and he'd greeted Ida and Fritz like someone who knows how to interact with them. Also, he just seems like a cat person.
"They are the perfect companion for a wizard, I think," he says warmly. It occurs to him that when he had Frumpkin, Yussa probably didn't ever seen him as a cat. Caleb tended to give him other forms to be useful in Nicodranas; a bird, a monkey, an octopus.
It also occurs to him that Yussa isn't merely looking around his kitchen just to look, but seems intent on finding something. "What are you searching for?" That comes to him too almost as soon as the words are out. What is the first thing Yussa always offers him? "If it is tea, there is a box from Caduceus on the counter to the right of the window. The kettle is on the stove."
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He is gathering things to begin preparing dinner when Yussa joins him, commenting that he'd had cats in the past. This is new information to Caleb, but in retrospect it makes sense. He remembers Yussa's hand confidently stroking along the length of his back earlier today, and he'd greeted Ida and Fritz like someone who knows how to interact with them. Also, he just seems like a cat person.
"They are the perfect companion for a wizard, I think," he says warmly. It occurs to him that when he had Frumpkin, Yussa probably didn't ever seen him as a cat. Caleb tended to give him other forms to be useful in Nicodranas; a bird, a monkey, an octopus.
It also occurs to him that Yussa isn't merely looking around his kitchen just to look, but seems intent on finding something. "What are you searching for?" That comes to him too almost as soon as the words are out. What is the first thing Yussa always offers him? "If it is tea, there is a box from Caduceus on the counter to the right of the window. The kettle is on the stove."