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. ]

Comments

[mewtation]

I do well enough without.

[ there's a slight undertone of something unpleasant, though. not quite bitterness, but close. ]

[lonelydemon]

You certainly communicate as well as most.

...No, scratch that, better than most.

[mewtation]

[ pleased squint ]

Considering the nature of how I "speak," I do try to be precise.

[lonelydemon]

Are you projecting ideas or sentences?

[mewtation]

Ideas, and roughly how I should "sound" in terms of tone and word choice. It makes it easier to avoid language barriers.

[lonelydemon]

I guess those would be a problem if you travel far and wide, sleeping in the beds of innocent men uninvited.

[mewtation]

[ flicks his ears, amused ]

Men and women. I'm nondiscriminatory.

[lonelydemon]

Uwah! A fiend! A real fiend is in my bed!

[mewtation]

[ mock-disappointed ]

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

[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]

[ 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?