I would build up to drama-
Ollie walks past. He's holding a scrawny black kitten in his arms, scritching it in between it's ears as it purrs, looking down at it
"Hm...I wish I could take you home with me-but my apartment doesn't allow cats...and the streets are no place for a little kitten like you...I think there's a shelter near me, maybe they'd take you..."
