Tannusen was easy enough to coax into laying that way, more than happy to have a living Cassian to rest his head in the lap of. His eyes fell shut at the stroking to his hair, the tiger immediately losing a lot of the tension he'd gained while having to keep moving.

"How do you feel, now? Now that Hastur's gone..."

Yeah, he knew the thing's name. Knew a lot of the thing's names, in fact.