"It's how things have always worked," Nepeta answers with a shrug. "And just beclaws things are fine now doesn't mean that they won't find something to make it harder fur us."

They're at sea, after all, and she's pretty certain that the ship isn't going to stop sinking. And then there's whatever might be in the water as well, and Alternian wildlife is enough to make her doubt that whatever's in the deep depths of the water mean them well in the least.