[ So if cats aren't the problem... then the problem is her? After a brief pause in which she accepts and internalizes this extremely normal conclusion, she says quietly, ]
... I understand.
[ What does she understand?? That he's sick and tired of her fruitless meddling, surely. She saves him the awkwardness of telling her to buzz off and gently slips off into the communion night... ]
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... I understand.
[ What does she understand?? That he's sick and tired of her fruitless meddling, surely. She saves him the awkwardness of telling her to buzz off and gently slips off into the communion night... ]