[The lack of furnishing is interesting, although he isn't completely sure how much to read into it; his own apartment is not particularly furnished either due to a combination of lack of options in Hadriel and being unable to really lift anything for the first few months. But it's worth noting, all the same, even if his attention is soon caught instead by Mello shutting and locking the door.
It's not like the action is weird or out of place but it does make him slightly nervous, although the weird-cute cat coming over to him helps a little with that.]
Hello.
[He tells the cat gently, though he doesn't reach down toward it; he doesn't want to scare it. He glances back up at Mello, nodding in agreement and waiting for him to lead the way toward the kitchen.]
'Katze' is German, right?
[He's pretty sure it means cat in German, although he doesn't remember where he picked up that knowledge. Surely from a book somewhere.]
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It's not like the action is weird or out of place but it does make him slightly nervous, although the weird-cute cat coming over to him helps a little with that.]
Hello.
[He tells the cat gently, though he doesn't reach down toward it; he doesn't want to scare it. He glances back up at Mello, nodding in agreement and waiting for him to lead the way toward the kitchen.]
'Katze' is German, right?
[He's pretty sure it means cat in German, although he doesn't remember where he picked up that knowledge. Surely from a book somewhere.]