If it had forgotten the value of a life, then somehow it would somehow need to be reminded of it.

No, I don't think. And I don't want to. But I feel that maybe... He crossed his arms. Maybe that's why I didn't like that cat straight off? And why I acted without a thought...

As he handed it off, he felt the emotions ebb, and he sighed them away, replacing them with only the calm of the place they were in. "Yeah. You should probably be the one to hang onto it."