Jake would have raised an eyebrow, if he had one. Instead he twitched some of the whiskers above his eyes and looked at Jennifer with an expression of peculiarity. Humans were so strange. He didn't think he would ever understand them.
"A few days. Maybe longer. But in bed for a few days. She's been leaking all manner of bodily fluids from her nose. I had the great misfortune of slipping in some on the floor the other day."
Which reminded him that he needed to go out to the store and pick up some more tissues. Just in case.
"I'm not sure I know what a platypus is though... That's new."