The Goodbye Cat
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“Not really. Kota’s getting old and maybe he’s feeling a bit lonely, too.” Okay—go ahead and admit it. It’s your habit, not mine—not being able to eat unless I’m with you.
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“A climbing cat, a drawing cat, a carried cat and, to the very end, a considerate cat. A cat of many talents, for sure.”
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“Even if I were reborn, I’d want to be your child. And be named Hiromi and bring Kota up all over again.”
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Amazing that he’d remembered the waste collection schedule, and she couldn’t help but feel a few tears well up at how he was awakening—at long last—to what society expected of him.
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hes just like me fr
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One little cat could convince him when a million rants from his wife could not. Well, she thought, I can live with that. Was there a woman, or a man, in this world who could beat a cat?
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What keeps the cat safe keeps the baby safe. And what keeps the baby safe keeps the cat safe. Two sides of the same coin. Yin and yang. A safe, happy family.
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Creators were human beings, and human beings instinctively cared how others reacted to what they created. How many people in the world, when ordered to put a lid on that instinct, could actually comply?