What ever are you apologizing for, my dear? [Everett inquires with a gentle chuckle, but looking over to her, he can see she's feeling restless with the situation. Hmm. He looks to the basket he carried in and set down on the couch, slight movement rustling the blanket bundle]

Do you like cats? That basket has a litter of kittens that I gathered from my bushes. The mother seems to have run off in the rain... They might need some drying off? Poor things... [he was very diligent in gathering them all, triple checking and having Clementine look through for any stragglers. His rat companion is also in the basket and pokes her head up, squeaking and sniffling at the air towards Jennifer]

Ah! How rude of me! My rat companion there is Clementine. [the little rat outstretches a hand towards Jennifer. Everett taught her to shake, she is also very polite]