"Ah, yeah--I guess so, huh? I just ran into Kon a few times. Haven't ever really talked with Kal-El directly." Jaime pauses, then adds:

"Also calling him Kal-El feels like calling my principal by his first name, you know?" As the cat withdraws, Jaime pulls his hand away with a little smile.

"I get it. Cats are like that. Glad he's got someone to take care of him." Wait.

"So you and Kon were on another world like this one before you got here?"