[Mrs. Brisby isn’t very worldly so all of this talk about Darkness and other worlds pretty much, er, flies over her head. The only thing that really registers is that she cant go home right now. She tries, not very well, to hide the disappointment of that. ]

I can speak to other animals, [A small timid laugh. ] I was even able to speak to the Great Owl once… But, never a human. I… I didn’t believe this was even possible.

[Oh dear… probably a good idea not to mention cats. :P ]