[thoughtfully] I suppose it could be... To be honest, I'm not certain how I have this CAT at all. I certainly haven't been carrying it!

Well, no, though I suppose they didn't have much chance to. [mostly because she nearly clawed the soldier's eye out and they got out of there] I think they were travellers, but I didn't get a very good look.

[at this point, there's a soft mew behind her, and Sophie turns. this reveals a tiny kitten, old enough to have his eyes open but hardly more than that. Sophie licks him and adjusts her position to wrap around him]