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[smokingboot]

That was odd.

Three of our four cats always yowled. Surya was too much of a lady for that kind of behaviour. Mismatch does it when she is facing the danger of not getting her own way. She and her sister Dervish - who now does it for no reason whatsoever - learned their loud habits from Ralik who did it first as a signal for attention and then as one of distress in his old age.

This morning, I fed the two girls, Mismatch in the kitchen, Dervish in the hall. Put the food down, left them munching, and set up some saucers of catmilk. I suddenly heard howling upstairs, not good as it meant Dervish hadn't eaten, and her breakfast contains her medication. I went to the hall to take the food upstairs and try to persuade her. She was right there where I left her, still scoffing silently away.

But I heard a cat upstairs.

Checked, no strays in the place. I'll talk myself out of it later with possibilities about acoustics and the fact the fact that I do sometimes get waking dreams, though I don't recall ever having one during conscious activity. But for now, I'm not going to doubt myself. That was a howling cat upstairs and I was awake and I heard it.

Time for coffee.

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[mallorys_camera]

A Ralik visitation?

[smokingboot]

I wish! And now I will be running upstairs to check every time I hear a yowl!