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“Sure. He watches you like you are in the catalogue.”
Renner got the information and dismissed it. She returned to the café where Thera was holding Ursa carefully and with respect. She teared up and resumed her position on the floor. She handed the sheets over. “Each one of these is about the cat, where they were found and their hobbies and life’s passions.”
Thera smiled and read the page for Ursa.
“Ursa’s unusual. She was loved, and her owner passed away and asked that she come to us.”
Thanatos looked at the cat. “Someone elderly?”
“No. A little girl with leukemia. She passed, and her family found it too painful to have this reminder. So, we have her, and she is loved, and she will be more loved in a forever home.” Renner blinked a tear from her eye and turned her head to wipe it away.
Thanatos read Rigor’s sheet and chuckled. “He didn’t.”
“Oh, yes. He did. He has a thing for ladies’ undergarments. He will haul them to the nearest bed and stash them underneath.”
Rigor lifted his head and made aprrup. He stretched and climbed up to Thanatos’s shoulder with the alpha sitting in frozen surprise.
She smiled as Rigor sat up on his shoulder and rubbed his head against Thanatos.
“Item three on the list.”
He lifted the page and smiled. “Likes to climb on the tallest thing in the vicinity.”
Thera chuckled. “That is you, Uncle Than.”
“If I can, I will put reservation collars on the kitties so that they can spend today with their buddies, but at noon tomorrow, the collars come off. They will no longer be reserved.”
Thera nodded. “I will be here, even if I have to get a car.”
Thanatos smiled. “I will bring you. I need to be here to bring Rigor home.”
“Miss Renner. What does it mean that she is registered and showable in the pet category?”
“It means that she is descended from a champion, and her grandmother is a cat named Misha who regularly takes first place at cat shows. Because Ursa had been spayed, she can’t have babies, so she can’t be a breed champion, only a pet.”
Thera smiled. “I can take her to shows?”
“Absolutely. Your uncle’s Uncle Delun is part of a sloth or pack with the owner of Misha. We did a genetic test and confirmed it.”
“You can do genetics on cats?” Thera was amazed.
“Absolutely.”
“What is Rigor?”
“He’s a cat. He’s blended and muddled and came out pure black cat.”
Thanatos chuckled. “Just like me.”
She asked if she could put the reserve collar on Ursa, and when Thera agreed, she did. Thanatos smiled. “If you can get him off.”
Renner held her arms out and called Rigor. He jumped into her arms, and her wound burned. Thanatos stared at her as she put the collar on. She released Rigor, and he walked over to the food dish, and Ursa went with him.
Renner got up and said, “We can take a seat, and you can ask me anything about the supplies.” She gathered the cushions, set them in the holder, and then looked to Keelie. She brought out hand wipes, cookies, and coffee for Renner.
“Can I get you two anything?” Keelie asked.
Thanatos smiled. “Black coffee and a glass of water.”
