"Christ, you'd think the neighbor's cat was a man-eating lion, the way he goes on about it. Remember when it bit him? And he said, he was just going in to pat it on the head, I don't know why he even tried--"

Although, to be fair--Mitchell looks down at his hand, with faint criticism.

"Animals... don't really like us very much." Cats or dogs. "Maybe we really are better off with a heart, even if it's creepy."