Re-l looked at him with an expression that said clearly how ridiculous she thought his words were, realised he couldn't see her, and nudged him in the ribs instead. In a friendly but still quite hard kind of way.

"You don't have it in you to resist a cat. And you especially won't once you can see her. She's particularly skilled at looking plaintive." Re-l shrugged. "You clearly need adult supervision, is what I'm getting at."