Startled a little, Ren looked over to the source of the meow.
"It's a cat," he muttered, somewhat jarred by the sudden shift in atmosphere caused by the entrance of an ordinary cat.
He couldn't see a white spot, so it wasn't a cait sith. In fact, it didn't have any spots at all.
It only had one tail, so it wasn't a nekomata. It didn't have a ball-tail, either.
It walked around on four legs, so it wasn't even a werecat.
It was a common, normal, ordinary, typical, everyday, safe, run-of-the-mill black cat.
"Let me see..." he said, rooting through his satchel again.
This time it wasn't a notebook he produced, but something around the size of a pebble wrapped in paper.
He unwrapped it, revealing a chunk of cooked meat he had packed for his travels.
"Here we are," smiled Ren, holding it out for the cat.