Felinities

[resonant]

Thanks so much to all of you who sent condolences on the death of the ladycat. It means a lot to have people who understand.

The kidlet tells me that the ladycat came to them in a dream and told them what kind of cat to get for Christmas. No more purebreds, is the ladycat's advice in the kidlet's subconscious. The kidlet asked their friends at school whether it was disrespectful of the ladycat that they wanted to get another cat this soon, and their friends told them to think of it as "carrying on her legacy."

The spouse heard this and said to me in a resigned voice, "I guess we're going to be getting a kitten for the boycat to eat, aren't we?"

edited 2020 to retroactively correct the kidlet's gender pronouns