"Oooh, thank the Mistress! But, isn't that when we need the small joys the most? To make the sadness a little lesser than it had been? And one must have an imagination! Life's terribly dull and boring without one. What kinds of beautiful things would you imagine? I always imagined friends. Loads of friends." And a mother who loved her, was proud of her, but that wasn't in the cards.

She's not. The cat people are indeed the cutest little people imaginable! "Sounds good to me! They're a little shy at first, but I'm sure they'll love you! You're so nice, how can they not? On our way!" And Tinya starts leading Anne to where the cat people live.