"Yes." Jane glances up from the cats to meet Rose's eye. "He was a stray that lived in my neighborhood and caused me nothing but trouble. He was some sort of anomaly, really! He could transport people and things in a bright green flash. Why, he zapped me straight across town a few times - during storms, even! It really stunk."

But GCat was in the past, and Edgar and Constance are in the present. Jane coos a little at them. "That was awfully nice of him, to give you a cat! Where did Constance come from, then?"