"I must. One of the truly tragic things about being me is that yes, yes, I always must." Gar obeyed, closing his legs. He was wearing pants, so it must have been a lady-like thing. Rose was a strange mix of tomboy and girly girl, so she probably had to listen to a lot of that growing up.
Gar decided to continue on his mission to distract Rose and turned into a kitten. Then he wandered over to her curtain, found the string for the blinds, and jumped at it. For maximum effected, he added a "mrowr!" noise when he pounced.