At Stefan's desire for clarification on his feline persuasion, Rick just grinned again and said nothing. He gave him a funny look when he did the squidly fingers, and it was obvious from his expression he didn't have a clue what he was talking about and in any other circumstances he would have told the kid to get off his lawn.
"The other option is to do nothing," Rick said, as if he was not excessively bent on either. He had backed away from the book and was now strolling around the room in a slow circle, watching the fish swim and the kelp wave.