Russell's partner, that nice enough, but relatively boring guy he's been assigned to ever since the rest of the Darrow population arrived, he's off work right now. Maybe for good. There's some health stuff going on and although Russell doesn't know all the details, he does know enough to understand it isn't terminal, but that he needs to take it easy all the same and maybe it's chronic, so maybe the life of a cop isn't exactly the right one for him anymore. Which is too bad, he's a pretty good guy and not such a terrible cop, but it's also led Russell to moments like this. Investigating an actual cat-napping case with Reid, which is pretty much the funniest thing that's happened to him in a long damn time.

Especially since Reid doesn't seem too impressed by the whole thing. That just makes it more fun for Russell.

"At least they're not vampire cats," he says, putting the cruiser in park and grinning over Reid like he's just made the best joke of his life. It's not, it's fucking stupid as hell, but he's going to keep on making as many stupid jokes until he can get Reid to crack a smile about the case. "Get it? 'Cause you're investigating vampires, but also it rhymes with vampire bats."

At this rate, he's pretty sure Reid is going to request to never work with Russell again, but it's just that teasing him a little bit comes so naturally. It's impossible to just completely let it go, even though he won't let it affect how he does his job. Even if it is something as ridiculous as a cat-napping. Which is another pretty funny play on words Russell plans on using at some point during this whole investigation.