Text, un: ambiguity

[interconnectedness]

How does one get a cat to leave them alone?

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[nobasisinfact]

No one does.

[Oh god, no one needs two Alexs. One is more than enough.]

But at least the cat won't cause as much trouble.

[interconnectedness]

I'm not so sure about that.

[nobasisinfact]

Knocking over water glasses is less troublesome than investigating things that could get you killed.

[interconnectedness]

Knocking over water glasses could get someone killed.

[nobasisinfact]

Shall I assume you're going to rename the cat Alex?

[interconnectedness]

No.

[nobasisinfact]

You could keep your door closed.

[It won't work, but they can pretend.]

[interconnectedness]

That does not stop it.

[nobasisinfact]

[There's a thoughtful hum.]

Is that so?

[He might be smirking at that. How does it feel Simon?]

[interconnectedness]

Yes. But there is no reason for it to need to be in my room or around me.

[nobasisinfact]

It likes you.

[interconnectedness]

I don't like it.

[nobasisinfact]

You don't get a choice.

[interconnectedness]

That sounds counterintuitive to everything else you have said about this place.

[nobasisinfact]

Cats are counterintuitive to everything. As are most housepets.

[interconnectedness]

What is the point?

[nobasisinfact]

Of a pet?

[interconnectedness]

That is one good question, yes.

[nobasisinfact]

Companionship. Some animals are more preferable to some people.

[interconnectedness]

I do not see why.

[nobasisinfact]

Because some humans are idiots. Apo, is not.

[Shut up, he's totally not attached to that dog. Not at all.]

[interconnectedness]

Animals can be idiots.

[nobasisinfact]

They make up for their idiocy.

[Much like Alex.]

[interconnectedness]

I fail to see how this cat can make up for anything.

[nobasisinfact]

The cat is smart. It gets in wherever you try to hide.