Suddenly, Pyrrha is the cats' favourite person ever -- they sit by he feet, lean against her legs, lovingly look up at her face.

"... whatever dire things may follow after," Teja says, watching them all very fondly, "we have this moment, and I shall carve it upon my heart and hold it to my mind's eyes when things become difficult again."

With Weyland in the mix, it is a when, not an if.