[ She nods. If this were anyone else she’d be beaming right now, but for what it’s worth her tone does start to get excited. ]

Mmhm. Our condo doesn’t allow pets so I just built one.

You can control her with a remote but she has some of her own programming too.

[ And there’s the tiniest upwards twitch of her mouth, nearly imperceptible if you’re not looking for it. ]

My Alan is the cutest, cleverest kitty in the whole world!