Tracking everything that is going on in the different worlds and among the various patrons is a difficult task even for a Librarian. Especially when the Cat was taking on more of the Library's responsibilities so that the Head Librarian can rest. That was why he didn't foresee this particular accident, but he does watch Ward carefully to see how he reacts to Thumper's injury. It is something the Cat would do with any of the patrons, waiting to see if their judgements of each patron was correct.

And this particular patron exceeded the Cat's expectations although it wasn't Ward's fault that the feline was distrustful of humans. Years of seeing the horrors of worlds and what is done to 'dumb animals' made the Cat protective of certain individuals.

He set the bookmark to send to Ward's, looking sympathetic despite his feline features. His voice is uncharacteristically gentle when he spoke. "Grant, Thumper will be all right. I can heal him once you return him to the Library. He won't even remember the injury."