“There is something about cats that just lends them better the the independence that my robots took,” Reeve admitted. And he liked cats more. “So no dogs. People expect cats to get those noses in places and ignore you. A dog? Well if it doesn’t want pet that is a scandal.” Didn’t actually work well with the whole it was a walking and talking cat but that is a matter for another day. Instead he was chuckling at her tone about this ‘aveline’. But then she asks the other question and instead his expression grows somber.  “I am from a place known as Gaia and I have heard nothing of them. Not even in those records. Which is for the best.”