Re: Apokryphos Cafe and Coffeehouse - The Cafe
One of the may advantages of alien tech is the ability to interface with terrestrial tech hands-free and voice command free. So Mits secretly does two searches on her smartphone: One on an online obituary search engine for anyone in the area that recently died who is survived by a wife named Serena, and a second search for "How to comfort a perfect stranger." While Mittens does have a heart, and it is breaking for Serena's loss, she doesn't have the first clue on how to help. Maybe if Serena were 5 years old, a silly cat puppet might be of some comfort.
Meanwhile, figuring that the soft voice and non-muppet appearance of Antoinette to be far better for a hungover grieving widow, the puppet nods to John. "Freelance, then? That's really interesting! I've been taking a crash course in law at the local college in hopes of being accepted at the Interpol academy. My parents insist that having a badge opens way more doors than my magical portals ever could. What would be your specialty, then? And please don't say, 'Rescuing cats out of trees.'"