"I'm sure I would appreciate it more if it weren't for the fact that I need to be going places," she answers with a furrowed brow as try #5432 to extricate herself from the ball of fur fails.

There's a bit more relief than probably is normal in her tone at Elani's suggestion, "Please do. You'd be a lifesaver if you actually manage it."

The cat was stubbornly intent on not being distracted, after all.