Ah, it's nothing, just words with meanings I don't know. I'm sure there's been enough from me for the rest of our group over the last half year!

( a matching pause after: )

Cats? Great for catching pests, aren't they? Never had many around where I was, but I like them, or the idea of them. So satisfied napping in the sun.

( animals don't particularly want to get on with him, but cats might choose to tolerate him, when he's absentminded. )