test... drive...?

[mewtation]

[ WHOEVER YOU ARE, wherever you sleep: there is a cat in your bed.

or. well. something that looks sort of like one...? if cats were four and a half feet tall and roughly humanoid. um. ]

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[mewtation]

[ mock-disappointed ]

Come, now. You should know one's quality of mattress is more important than their genitalia.

[wantstheddd]

I wasn't really asking to know the story, but sure, all right.

[lonelydemon]

This is a crappy mattress!! You can't fool me!

[mewtation]

[ a pause (paws?) ]

Well, I am also a cat.

[lonelydemon]

...I'm keeping my clean clothes safely packed.

[mewtation]

[ earflick. amused ]

You seemed displeased with the thought. I wanted to reassure you.

[ no, it had just sounded like a challenge. ]

[wantstheddd]

I'm not sure 'displeased' is the word exactly...

[mewtation]

[ doe eyes 2: electric boogaloo ]

I don't actually shed?

[lonelydemon]

I don't believe you at all.

[mewtation]

[ streches and rolls over, making a point to wiggle a bit ]

It would be inconvenient if I left such obvious evidence.

[lonelydemon]

Haaa, right, I'm supposed to forget all about this. Why bother then?

[mewtation]

It's nice to have company, sometimes.

[lonelydemon]

[...flops onto his back.]

Mm. That's reasonable.

[mewtation]

[ makes a soft, sneezy sort of noise. probably a sigh, from the way he relaxes and shuts his eyes ]

I'm glad you think so.

[lonelydemon]

Company can be annoying, but too little can be lonely. Isn't it sad, though?

[mewtation]

?

[lonelydemon]

Getting rid of their memories. Safety is a good reason of course, but it still seems too sad...

[mewtation]

... It isn't something I like doing, no. But it's better than letting the knowledge of me stay and lead to inconvenience or worse.

[lonelydemon]

So pragmatic... Yes. You aren't wrong at all.

[mewtation]

[ tilts his head a little, thoughtfully ]

Is it pragmatic?

[lonelydemon]

Mm, somewhat? That's how it strikes me.

[mewtation]

Interesting. I'm typically told it's selfish.

[ he doesn't "say" that as though it bothers him ]

[lonelydemon]

There's nothing wrong with protecting yourself.

[mewtation]

[ tilts head the other way? ]

To a point, arguably. However, I'm not protecting myself.

[lonelydemon]

Everything to a point, arguably.

How isn't it protecting yourself?