You are capable only of -- the cat has to stop and search for a word again, one sufficiently diminutive, --annoying me. The repercussions would all be yours.

This was not its purpose in coming here. It does not care for these micro-interactions the way certain of its counterparts do. No, the purpose was to investigate the aftermath of an escape attempt, and the cat abruptly refocuses its blank gaze on Iman. You are correct, it informs her. The...pathways...you would have exploited are gone. You will not attempt it again.