I can feel my lips thin when Thomas mentions Derek being in that nightmare. What little Derek's told me about it (and that had been more than enough) is enough to make my stomach turn.

Thankfully Thomas moves the conversation to something easier to handle. Topic-wise, not in reality. "As long as you realize Jinx is the queen of every room she's in, she's alright. She missed Derek, though. She just kinda...I don't know, moped around."

I know cats aren't as overly emotional as dogs are - or at least they don't seem that way - but I could tell Jinx hadn't been doing well. I'd felt exactly the same.