[Hey, if it's got Anders cheering up a little, Jean is going to run with it. Besides, this is practically their routine by now: discuss something upsetting, get sad and/or depressed, cheer each other up.]

I mean, if a cat doesn't like you, it just leaves, right? Unless you had that kitten in chains all the time [Jean's tone implies how foolish he finds that very idea, having known Anders], I'm sure it wasn't a slave.