It's 'cause neither of us were allowed to have pets growing up. It made us weak.

[ The hyperbole is clearly meant for humor; Cisco's voice is warm and fond, and his complaint about Eddie spoiling Shadow was only half-serious in the first place. The truth is, as annoying as the cat's begging can be, he loves that Eddie adores the cat as much as he does. That his generosity and gentleness are so boundless. And a part of Cisco can't help being proud, remembering he'd been the one who found Shadow, and brought him into Eddie's life, then his own. ]

I always figured it was like... I mean I knew you'd studied that stuff, but some of it's just gotta be intuition, right?

[ He doesn't sound certain, however. Eddie's offer is a surprising one, and while his knee-jerk reaction was to say no because it wouldn't make any difference, Cisco pauses, and considers. ]

You mean it? You don't think... I don't know. That I'm a hopeless case?

[ He reaches up, running his fingers through Eddie's hair, around the base of those horns, a little furrow of worry coming between his brows. ]

What else? How can I help you get rid of these things? They've gotta be hurting this late in the day, right?