"Between you and me, I didn't even realize you needed to walk cats," Brendan says with a crooked smile. It probably depends on the type of cat, he'd guess, but that's not really the point. Outside of school, he doesn't want to act too much like he's just a teacher. Even in the classroom, he tries to approach his students on their level, to be someone they can talk to, but in a situation like this, it's all the more important not to just seem unapproachable, to start talking about schoolwork or the assignments Miles has missed.

At some point, if this continues, it might well be something they need to discuss, but not at a time like this, during an unsuccessful attempt at walking a cat. "Looks like maybe she'd rather just lay there, anyway."