Even is unimpressed with Nepeta's unimpressedness. To be precise, he's used to being the only one in the room who understands how fascinating the oxygenation needs and carrier methods of widely differing species can be. His is a lonely burden. But it occasionally includes blood tests.

It doesn't take an undue amount of poking and prodding to locate a vein (or something that does an excellent imitation thereof). He deftly inserts the needle, applying pressure to hold it in place, and watches as -

"Either you have been deliberately misleading, or you are extremely misinformed as to the substance typically referred to as 'blood'," he says, staring as a green liquid begins to seep into the testing vial.