[Francis isn't so much a cat person. He has nothing against them. Downing Street had a cat. But Francis was brought up in a place where drowning cats happened and you were sort of a wimp if you found that objectionable. Pests need to be kept down.

But so long as he didn't have to care for it, he didn't mind them at all.

He also hasn't made the leap that the cat's intelligent. So the cat's yawning purely because it's up from a nap.

He moves his arm and chances a pet, which is really more his knuckle rubbing softly along a patch of fur.] Well, cat. [He says in a low tone that's not at all unpleasant, reserved for animals.]