Robert pulled the books from the box, taking a good look at them. At least someone paid attention to the fact he actually enjoyed the Chinese culture and what not. Plus, now he had more reading material for flights back and forth between countries. “Which works out wonderfully. Plus you hit the Iron Man idea, and thought of my cats too. They’ve been overdue for some new toys, and they’ll go nuts over the catnip. Between the both of us, I try not to give them a whole lot, otherwise things end up broken from them reacting to it.” He returned the books to the box before putting the paper inside it as well, shutting the box afterward. “This was perfect. Thank you. I really do appreciate it.”
“One of my cats thinks catnip is for eating,” she confessed, her smile turning mischievous. “If I put it on a scratchy box he licks the box. Phoebe and Kronos get stoned on it.” She paused to consider. “I’m not sure I’ve ever seen Doc react to catnip. It’s probably just as well.” Looking from the box back up to his face, she added, “I couldn’t think of anything worthwhile that was Sherlock Holmes related. I’m sorry.”
“Actually it’s not too uncommon for cats to eat catnip as well. It doesn’t hurt them, and some say it might actually help their digestive systems. Listen to me, sounding like some sort of cat expert.” Wow, that was entirely unexpected if you asked him. He shrugged his shoulders a bit. “Trust me, it’s okay. This right here is nice enough. Don’t have to cover every role. You’d be getting tons of things.” Without warning, Robert set the box aside and put his arms around Summer, squeezing her slightly. “Seriously, thank you. It’s a great gift.”
The sudden hug startled Summer. Feeling a little awkward, she hugged him back. He smelled nice, warm and clean and something else she thought might be aftershave. “I’m really glad you like it. I actually had forgotten you had cats; I just remembered that you liked them so I filled out the spaces with that stuff. And here it seems you know almost as much as I do about cats. Are yours purebreds, or just moggie cats?”