"He was very helpful," Randel assures her, clearly looking a little upset at having caused her such distress. He'd had no idea she would be that worried, about him especially. No, it's probably about Damon. That makes more sense. "Gave me your cellphone and told me I should give you a call. I gave him mine for the both of you. I'm sure he'll pass it on when you see him."

But the rest of what she says utterly confuses him. No cats? No animals? That's literally the only part of this place that's felt at all right, and he didn't have a cat? Or maybe his mind is just playing tricks on him.

No, he doesn't think so.

"The people are more important than anything," he finally decides on, and that includes her. He's still so very very wary of the memories that feel wrongright and don't all fit together but the people who've become a part of his life because of them... he's selfish, terribly selfish, and he doesn't want to let them go. Katherine included there too.

"But no, no one but the cat."