Brendan's first thought, seeing a cat in a harness splayed out on the sidewalk, refusing to move, is that it's too bad he doesn't have Rosie with him. Emily has just about moved past it, no longer as insistent about the idea as she was, but Rosie is still dead-set on getting a pet that isn't a goldfish. He hasn't yet decided if it would be a good idea or not. Rosie, though, would be delighted by the sight of this, and he can easily imagine her deciding just to lie down on the sidewalk beside it.

Then again, with that being the case, it may be for the best that she's not here.

Glancing up from the cat on the sidewalk, he realizes that he recognizes the kid walking it, or attempting to walk it, and he smiles in greeting as he gets closer. "Cat not being cooperative, huh?"