It takes him a second to tie together the face, the accent, and the ridiculous nickname. He laughs despite himself. "You remembered."

Not him, but the silly name she'd given him back before she'd taken some cats off of his hands. He'd almost forgotten it himself until now.

"You don't know how glad I am it's you and not another one of these things." They are annoying when they attack in numbers. "I've been lucky so far with some spells to ward off spores and narrowly avoiding a few close calls. How about you? Where are you headed at this time? I was about to collect my cats and take a moment to rest. We could go together. Safer that way."