Gale had been sitting by the window, watching one of Crowley's cats chase the other away from the bird feeder... so clearly, Ino wasn't interrupting anything earth-shattering when she spoke up. He couldn't help but smirk, though. Living in a house full of smart-alecks for almost a year had rubbed off on him pretty thoroughly.

"On a scale of one to ten, how frightened should I be?"