Speaking of cats, have you seen this article?http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/03/how-your-cat-is-making-you-crazy/308873/Cats are out to get us...
Carlos is a planarian. This is quite efficient as, if he is ever bisected during a fight, there will be two of him.
Jim has repeatedly mentioned that they're "sapient" with "opposable thumbs and matches". Not something you'd want any cat with, let alone a sapient Mafia cat.
So Jim has mentioned in a couple of the interviews that there are cats, that can talk? Does anyone know if the cats will look normal or have something thats unique to Cinder Spires?
When I heard Jim mention the talking cats at Dragon Con, this was the first thing I thought of: http://youtu.be/cc79iJnwvJ4?list=PLF72C3E0A45E3093C