Clover looked at Koln with pity, understanding his Latin and answering him quietly, "Abbas. Commodo tendo aequor vestri." (12+ years of Catholic school could beat Latin into anyone.)
Then, she began to quickly clean the room, 'Ugh, Mindy! Leaving the room such a mess. How embarrassing! What's this? Underwear? My God.'
Then, she knelt down on the floor and reached under her bed. Slowly, she dragged out a cage from beneath her bed. It rattled as it slid, and the animal contained within (a small white rabbit named Icarus) looked up at her with pitiful eyes, as though he were pleading, "Why me?"
Clover crooned and pulled out the bunny, cuddling him, "Aww, little Icarus. I'm sorry I left you alone so long."
Then, feeling the rat still alive in her pocket, she drew it out and placed the two critters back into the cage together, "There you go. Be a good host to Pumpkin, Icarus."
She smiled and turned to Koln, "Would Socrates like to join...?"
Socrates was up on Mindy's bed, gnawing a hole in her pillow, "Ack! Koln! Socrates in cage. Now!"
Then, she backed up, remembering Koln's sleeping arrangement idea, "By the way, you don't need to sleep on the floor. Mindy's thrown boys in my bed plenty of times. Let me return the favor. Take hers."