Jennifer tops off Aglet's little mug with the eyedropper, turns off the stove, and sets all three mugs on the kitchen's little island while she eyes Bee and Aglet. She trusts Bee to be careful, and the fact that Aglet's talking to the woman at all is proof that he's a lot more relaxed around full-sized humans than he used to be. But neither of them have forgotten what happened the first time she tried to pick him up, and it's only in recent weeks that she's stopped bothering with gloves on the occasions when she has to shift him somewhere.

"You'll be fine," she adds in general encouragement.