Khan smiled gratefully. "Thank you," he said. "Let me put this basket away and we can go." He made a short walk down the hall with the produce basket, leaving it just inside the door and snagging a dishtowel to wrap the little one in before tucking her away in the inside pocket of his jacket and coming back.
"Never in my life did I think kitten rescue and rehabilitation was going to be on my list of necessary skills," he confessed as he joined Jim once more and started toward the door.