[Just with talking about things he's interested in, he's brightened up an awful lot already, hasn't he? How charming!]

Is Jellybean a wild cat...? [That doesn't quite sound like the description of a house cat, but surely there have been stranger things in the Far Shore than that.] Mhm, really! I'm very fond of tea myself, so when I find a new kind I like, I make sure to keep plenty on hand to make again later.