"Yeah, I'm Bound." He refrains from mentioning the reason why. It always tends to make things awkward.

"Zeke has kept me busier than usual," he says, affectionately scritching the kitten. "Especially because he likes to run off and jump on people when I bring him down here. When he's older, I want to train him to be an outdoor cat, because it doesn't feel right to keep a cat cooped up in a room here, but I think he's a little young for that yet..."