Oh of course Zopf's family has a goddamn cat. Fucking townies. Yeah that's a delight and a half, now just shut up. She takes a deep breath in through her nose as she browses the buffet table.

She loads up her plate and sits back down and Zopf is still talking. That's all right, she has an idea of how to shut him up.

"That must be really nice, having pets," she says slowly, letting her face fall a little. Like she's sad but trying not to show it. "Out in the Seam, we'd have probably had to eat the cat." She looks down at her plate and pushes her food around a little.

There, Zopf. How about that.