Dora and Zacharias
"Mostly, I'm just trying to think about how to make it safe for both the decorations and the cats." Which mostly involved trying to make sure the cats didn't try to climb the tree or knock things over. Their stubby little legs weren't the best for climbing, he'd found, but they still seemed happy to try to get into things despite their stunted stature. He shrugged a little, not wanting to monopolise the conversation, especially not about his cats. He didn't want to be that wizard who talked about his cats all the time or anything else just as mental.
"Oh, are you getting lots of end of the year orders?" He suspected that was a good thing to not working in retail. "Or is it just a lot of other things going on there?" Even if he was glad not to be in any kind of retail business, he was still interested in what she had to say about it. And he was also sincere when he said, "I'm glad that's a great thing." And not just because living with someone else could be tricky but because living alone could also be tricky.