"Me?" Kitty paused in motion, halfway between one thing and the next, but her training turned it into a dance- rather than stutter-step, and she continued on fluidly. "Yeah. I'm fine."

But it was really sweet of him to ask. Unless he had some kind of special abilities that let him know she wasn't so much fine as full of shit.

"Couple of friends were on the check-out list this morning, that's all. Sad, but they're all probably glad to be back where they came from."