"I've never owned more than one cat at a time," Briseis said, "but I'm imaginging lying on the ground and letting them all crawl over me." She grinned. "It's a pretty great thought."
"But," she added, realising this was a great intro to something she'd been thinking about, "what happens when you decide to move out? How would we split them up?" Briseis didn't want Helen to leave, but she was increasingly worried that it would soon happen.