Jake blinked again. Twice this time. Was she laughing? At first he thought maybe she was crying. Sometimes people sounded like they were laughing when they were actually crying. But very quickly he realized that she was indeed laughing.
How horrible!
"It ... It wasn't a joke."
Jake was a very good-natured pers-- er-- cat. He thought that helping people was very important. It was important, wasn't it?