So the pattern is Badger refuses to go into the kitchen and eat from his bowls
while I am awake and around, if I’m asleep or away he’ll solo them just fine
If I am visibly around but do not go into the kitchen he’ll implore me for a while and then make a dramatic gesture of going off *anywhere that is not into the kitchen to eat*
If I just shut myself in my room it’s like 1/3 chance the above paragraph, 1/3 the sleeping/away routine and 1/3 just yowling outside my door for 2 hours
So today I was sitting on the couch and Badger walked up, flopped down in a sunbeam, meowed until I looked at him and when I did just laid there purring for two minutes until he got up and walked off happy
I guess a “dogs are for extroverts, cats are for introverts” take is anything but novel but it really is great how well that functionality lines up – the kind of people who always have to Go somewhere and passionately Engage get someone always psyched to bear that burden no matter how repetitive or inane they get; meanwhile every day the people who live inside themselves get made to do like 3 minutes of petty tasks on someone else’s behalf twice and get maybe 6 optional opportunities for up to 10 minutes of physical contact and/or trying to infer someone’s mindstate from observable behavior
So the other day I was in bed and heard Badger come through the window, except he was making a clacking sound like dog claws when he walked, and I was like ??? but it went away, so when I got up I found this where he leaves his offerings
I dunno where he found it. Somewhere that doesn’t have its own cat, I guess.
Badger the cat: (jumps in the window, makes a beeline for me, aggressively nuzzles while purring)
me: Oh wow, (pets) you only get this happy when you’ve killed something. (receives headbutts) What did you kill, you little killer (pets) good boy, what did you kiillll
