... You know, I hadn't thought about it that way but that seems very fair.

[Kit's seen how people get at the mere suggestion of vermin in the castle. He gets it.

But also how do you politely navigate the whole 'humans kill animals all the time and also eat them even if they don't really eat rats usually but like that's still an elephant in the room and oh god how mad are elephants' thing?]

I, uh. Apologize on behalf of humanity for the repeated and unwarranted attempts at murder.

[Nailed it.]