Lockheed gave a little huff at her calling them pets as well, but Kitty just stroked his back gently and he grumbled softly to himself but didn't say anymore. "Everyone needs a treat is what I'm saying. If they're going to be hanging out with us, it'd be only fair." And she liked that they were with them, liked having Lockheed with her again, just as she liked the addition of their pokemon. It was the kind of life that truthfully Kitty never would have imagined for herself, being able to settle down enough for anything like this had felt out of reach, but here - there was very little stopping them.
Apart from the illness that was threatening everything they had been building of course.
"Completely aware," He'd reminded her of that from the very moment she'd arrived here in this place. So it had been no shock at all that he could still be a handful. But she found there was so much more to him as well when he was given the opportunity to show it. And Kitty loved that she was able to see these sides of him, the parts of him that were funny and goofy. The part that left her skin hot and eager, the parts that had her wanting to press in close and have him hold her until they were better once more. He was a complex man, so much more than she'd ever been able to see in the past.
She huffed softly when he smiled and made a joke of her warning. At least things didn't have to be quite so heavy, the last thing she wanted either one of them thinking about was somehow either one of them ending up skewered because she hadn't been paying attention. "I'm going to worry a little bit if that's all right with you."