Mercy, Salem, open
"Well, I ... am fully aware that cats are generally more intelligent than dogs. I meant ... if you talked. Which you apparently do."
She was half inclined to extend a hand to shake, but ... well, he wasn't a dog, right? "Mercedes," she said. "Or Mercy to most. How are you are temporary cat? Is that just your way of saying you're in the stage between kitten and dead? Because that's pretty obvious." She grinned to him.
Shaking her head slightly, more amused than not, she reached to ladle some punch into a cup to go with her pretzels.