Kurt’s assessment isn’t far off. That’s a lot of what the tree was like, but he’d never seen the cats get hurt. “I hope so. I mean, I’m not some big animal guy but it wouldn’t really be fair if they were left behind.”

He imagines there were plenty of people who would have tried to save them, if time had permitted. Even so, some had to have went through the ship after the wreck. Someone had to have checked on them.

“Oh boy. Yeah, you sound real mature.” Peter’s tone is joking but even he knows that it’s likely the truth. He’s not been known for his startling maturity while on the ship. He was certainly not known for it back on Earth. Jean had already proved to be far more mature than him and she was younger. Why shouldn’t Kurt be the same?