Until he learns more, he makes us stay nearby.
Now, we feel the Klygha. He is excited; he means to take action ... we feel it will be with the cat somehow....
Yes, he is making the cat speak a Terran sound.
"Mmar-min ... Mmar-min!"
The Terrans make large eyes at the cat. They bend in their strange way to have a close sight of it.
"Did you hear what I thought I heard, Joe?"
"I ... I ... Teufel said miaou, I think."
The cat makes the sound again.
"Like hell he said miaou! He said 'Marvin.' Now who taught him that?"
The Terran called Joe Ramirez unbends himself, lurches in their fashion to an opening at the side, and makes loud noises.