Cats are so important bc you'll just be sitting there and they'll wander along and squish their little faces into you and there's this little warm moment of connection where it's like: You are a little beast. A little creature in my house. You have the intelligence and emotional competency to choose not to, but you love me, you love me, you love me, and you choose that every day. Even if sometimes I nearly trip over you at two or three or four in the morning. Even if I have to turn off the kotatsu you love. Even if you need to yell at me to get out of bed sometimes. Even if I was a kid who had no clue how to care for a cat when we got you, and played too rough. Even if I make you eat the healthy kibble nowadays. You still squish your little cheek into my hand as hard as you can when I scratch your ears, despite it all.