Oh, I didn't mean to eat... I just think that they're worth saving, too. [She explains, kind of confused herself that he doesn't get where she's coming from.

When he asks that, she takes a breath, thinking on it.] I mean. I'm not saying we can't take the people if we don't take the animals, you know? We should save whoever and however many we can. [She'd sacrifice her parents if it meant that at least mice would have a place on the ship, but she won't say that out loud, of course. She pauses.]

But, like, if you told me we had to leave right now... I wouldn't go anywhere without my cat.