At that stage of the game it was too late for diplomacy.

He carried the two gang-gang cockatoos in a ferret box.

“It really does have to work out,” she said, setting Toby's carrier up on the kitchen table. “Because otherwise you'll be reduced to standing on a street corner and offering kitty head scritches for money. And none of us want to see you stoop that low."

For example, a combination of red (excitement) and yellow (happiness) evokes a feeling of dynamicism.