Charles, darling! [ Vex let out a loud gasp of pleased surprise to see the one sane member of Rosie's family. Who, by the way, was now the equivalent of chopped liver as all of his attention went to her feline companion.

He held out both of his hands to him by way of greeting, so the precious fellow could get used to his scent all over again. He still smelled like he was claimed by a panther so anyone from the animal kingdom, though Vex didn't think about it since he couldn't smell it himself. ]

How is my beautiful young man, eh? You handsome devil, no measly apocalypse is going to get you, issit? If you can survive this lot you can survive anything, yeah? Such a clever boy. [ Maybe he was laying it on a bit thick to try and annoy Rosie, or maybe he was just missed having a real cat around the house. ]