"That couldn't be it at all. If he hated you, he wouldn't sleep on your shoulder." Erica remarked, then thought for a moment. "Hmm. Perhaps this will work..." In her right hand, a sphere of turqouise light glowed. Extending her hand towards the kitten, this light washed over him. The spell would calmg the kitten's mind and disuade violent action. "Try to pick him up now."