Ronan's hand leaves Noah's hair, and he wants to complain, but the little ghostly furball is too cute to dwell on receiving affectionate touches when he can be the one to give them to his new kitty. "Maybe later," he says, breaking away to go flop down on the couch. He lays across its length, propped up by a few small pillows, and sets the kitten down on his chest.

"What should I name you, Tiny Boo?" he says in a baby voice to the kitten.