"Do I detect some subtext?" Nathaniel has a way of making 'cats' sound vaguely objectionable with the emphasis. "What else would you expect us mages to be partial toward?"

And he'd better not say possession or dark magic, or Anders swears, he'll find a way to enchant Nathaniel's kitten so that it bites his nose every time he gets close. Don't think he won't!

"Most," he says in regards to the cats. He moves over to Nathaniel and offers the kitten resting in his arm back to its rightful owner so that he's not hogging its attention. Wouldn't want Nathaniel Jr. to get more attached to his cool uncle than his cat dad. "And I took some in myself, so they're taken care of."

If he has more hidden in his room, he's not saying. These lips are sealed!