[ he accepts her sigrun grudge with a shrug because he's not that invested in defending her honor ]

I'm not washing you, I'm setting up. [ sheesh!!! ] Kotatsu was a lynx I rescued from poachers. He decided to follow me around after that, even though he's kind of a coward, so I let him join my crew. [ which is a very roundabout way of saying "that's my cat". there's a pause ] He probably just liked that I was warm, really.

[ the bath is running and he's just crouching back down to deposit nimona despite the fact she can like, y'know, jump down just fine ]