Her honest assessment of Shadow elicits a quiet, but nervous chuckle from Carlisle, as though he's afraid the hedgehog might reappear and hear them. He even glances over his shoulder for just a moment, looking for any windows through which Shadow might make his entrance.

"No no, the Forest Folk as a whole don't tend to be, ah. As you've described. Especially not the kitten-kind. And they wear pants."

That was apparently important enough for him to note it separately.