Kelly had to make sure she wasn't imagining things and jumping the gun, as she shook her head to recalibrate what she was thinking. Magic was spectacular; it could do a number of things and contributed to a number of large advances in the world, giving them what they had today.
However, one of the things that wasn't possible was full communication with other animals, a way to speak to them or decipher what it was that their noises they made were trying to communicate.
However, she also knew that animals could be very smart; they could often understand people's emotions, their body language, and understand a relatively large number of words. So it was possible that this was just one of those cases.
"I know you want me to go to the book, but right now I'm more curious whether you can understand me or not," Kelly said out loud.
With that, a response had occurred with another meow, and the cat had even tilted its head off to the side as if it was observing her.
