Fussing over the kitten, Bert nonetheless made time to pull a duly comical face. "Is that all? I was hoping for something scandalous." And he would much have preferred to keep in that light-hearted vein, but there was still serious business to attend to. "Listen. He doesn't get it. He doesn't understand that people want him to themselves. He still thinks he can have both of you somehow. He's an ass."