"He's not a cat," Asher said once Ray offered Daniel the empty box.

Maybe it was partially his fault for letting Ray open the gift when he was there, knowing full well that there was a toy inside. Ray obviously couldn't have known that before it was too late. True as that all was, he wasn't about to willingly take the blame for any of it.

"It's going to be fun when he has to go back to his mother and can't take that with him."