[Mio'll have to worry and fuss enough for the both of them .Good thing she's already sort of used to doing that!]

That didn't answer my-- [is this guy for real. She frowns and looks skeptically at it] It never stops purring, how can you even tell that? [There's nothing to like about her anyway, and she's not about to take a hairball's judgement of her character to mean anything!

...Is what she tells herself. But if something like this can like her, then maybe there's something redeemable about her. Mio frowns again, but her expression softens after a moment and after a moment's hesitation she starts petting it] ...They say animals are a good judge of character or something. I guess these count...