It's embarrassing to admit it out loud to a Ribika and to mention it to a non-cat? Asato's only going to blush a bit and fold his ears back. It may be a fact of life, but that doesn't mean it's something he wants to share.

"I'm not contagious," he says. "I'm okay." If by okay one means 'running a fever and being more physically affectionate than is really called for when touched', then he's totally okay.