There is something about the presence of a cat...that seems to take the bite out of being alone.

Cat people are different, to the extent that they generally are not conformists. How could they be, with a cat running their lives?

You cannot be lonely if you like the person you're alone with.

We affect one another quite enough merely by existing. Whenever the stars cross, or is it comets? fragments pass briefly from one orbit to another. On rare occasions there is total collision, but most often the two simply continue without incident, neither losing more than a particle to the other, in passing.

A cat determined not to be found can fold itself up like a pocket handkerchief if it wants to.

How you respond to the challenge in the second half will determine what you become after the game, whether you are a winner or a loser.