"No Education, Employment, or Training". Basically a bum.

[He sets the kittens in his hands down on a cat tree, scooping the other out of his pocket and putting it with its siblings, and then turning to face her.]

Not so much anymore, but we all used to be NEETs. So I could never really consider all the strays I fed and looked after "mine". So I'm not really used to the ownership of an animal, truthfully.