Original Commentary

The action of Kimberly seeing Brent and taking him off the counter (that's his tail and bottom in that third panel) was all Terrence...

And because I know it's going to come up... Kimberly's hand is not backwards, she's showing the camera her palm. -Isabel

Modern Commentary
I had remembered Brent playing a larger part in this. He doesn't care about their human emotions. Not when there's Forbidden Stew full of deadly-to-brants ingredients to try to steal a bite of.

I don't recall exactly what our cats did to inspire this, but we were having a moment and they decided that was the perfect time to get into a fight or throw up a hairball or knock something off the shelf. - Terrence