And if the cat has kittens—if the cat should want to have kittens, and if the cat does have kittens—can the cat allow the kittens to simply exist as they are, in the state that they are in? Or does the cat hold their kittens a little too tightly, for a little too long, whispering into their little kitten ears until it drowns out their own thoughts, “you’re alive, you’re alive, you’re alive”?
