Page 79 - NyghtVision Magazine Volume 3 #1

FALCON 79

SNOWF ALL

“No, get out of my face,” I said as I rolled to my right

and pulled the covers higher. Not to be outdone,

Thoth, my cat, pushed his nose under the corner of the

blanket, and when he reached the edge of my ear, he

uttered a string of guttural sounds and whines that

I had come to recognize over the MANY years he has

been with me. Thoth is a colorful character. I rescued

him seven years ago and immediately recognized that

he is, well, different. Possessive, determined to get

what he wants, distrustful of most everyone who

enters our world, and vocal. Damn vocal. At one point

I counted more than sixty different sounds. And there

are patterns that he uses to communicate—the same

sound can be used in dozens of different contexts.

There is never any doubt about what he wants, what

he is thinking, or what he is feeling.

nyghtvision magazine volume 3, number 1, WINTER 2013