[Earlier today, James had walked right by her without even thinking about it. He'd had no reason to look closely at markings and animals do turn up now and then from the closets, so he just left it alone and kept walking. After four years of not seeing a single professor in Wonderland, he's not exactly expecting McGonagall to just turn up out of the blue. The thought doesn't even cross his mind.
However, when he ventures to the kitchen a few hours later and finds the cat sitting on the counter actually reading the new arrivals pamphlet, he's forced to re-evaluate that assumption. Whatever food he had been planning on making is entirely forgotten as he stares at the cat.
Scenario Two
However, when he ventures to the kitchen a few hours later and finds the cat sitting on the counter actually reading the new arrivals pamphlet, he's forced to re-evaluate that assumption. Whatever food he had been planning on making is entirely forgotten as he stares at the cat.
He knows those eye markings.]
...Professor?
[Forgive him if he sounds a bit shocked.]