It really is. Alec has that problem plus dealing with realities that don't exist any more.

"B'sed, I'll go get it for you," he said, not writing it down. After he vanished through the door presumably into the kitchens a cat appeared on top of the bartop and stared right at him in that unnerving way that all cats have.

The cat looks like a calico cat- a transparent calico cat.

"Mrrp?"