[Al starts guiltily and swivels around to look at Ed--it's something like thirteen Espurrs altogether, and now they're all staring at Ed, too. Eddie the Luxio, meanwhile, lays his ears back and glares at Ed from where he's laying under a window, well away from the fuzzy pile.]

Th-that--! Well, they were all huddled around outside, and I couldn't just leave them out where they could get hurt...