That's fairly disconcerting news, but then rifts have never exactly been safe phenomena. Still, she doesn't want to know what kind of side effects and disfigurations this one has been causing its victims.

Shifting her gaze to the nearest kitten awkwardly perched on his shoulder, she asserts critically, "I don't see how it is humorous." Hey, he's lucky she didn't point out it's impossible for the universe to have a sense of humor. At least she's connected enough to him to know he wasn't being literal.