Dec 30, 2022
@nuoyaksha:
Cats climb trees.
It was part of their programming, even if they were more machine than human. And so System S-0, nicknamed Sao Ling, found himself scurrying to the topmost branch of his latest target one sunny afternoon.
He'd even climbed past the lone boy standing moodily on a limb a few feet down and felt proud of the fact until the branch beneath him creaked.
【Eh?】
S-0 was a chubby cat. The branch was like a stick, at most. In the brittle, dry air of winter, it was obvious who'd lose.
CrrrRACK!
The branch snapped.
【Ehhhhhh?!】
【MreeOW!】
S-0 fell and instincts had him aiming for the softest cushion in sight: that strange boy's hair!