Wow. He's hooked, and sets his plate down so he can crouch, then pauses. "Uh...can I get you anything, before I sit? Guess when you don't have thumbs it's harder to pour a drink."

Do lions drink milk, like a cat? Probably not, once they're grown up, and Cricket doesn't want to offend him by asking. "I never saw a lion before. Not outside of books."