"The weather is great and the leaves are going to start turning soon, I think. I bet the island is beautiful in the fall," Evan replied, and then chewed on his lip a little. "I think a cat can live about twenty years, if it's really well taken-care-of. We mostly just had mousers on the farm, though. They... don't really last as long."

Outdoor farm cats? Yeah.

"But they'd be really portable, for traveling with!"