"I'll make a note on the network, put out a bin." It won't last forever but it will sure as hell get them through the winter. How often did litter need to get changed- no, he's not thinking of keeping on. Even if the quiet anxiety he'd been using to direct people for digging is fucking gone, replaced with a low level buzz that only gets better and better the longer he sits and soaks in the kittens quiet contentment.

Positive effects of feline snuggling or chemically induced bliss? Only science could tell.

No real control group to work off of and he's covered with the things- he'll worry about it later. "Could be. Feral cats do the colony thing for the most part, I'm surprised we didn't find more. Stress induced labor, Mother making due?"