I was livid. After what Oak had said, I had a good mind to tell
everybody to leave, get out of my house and never come back.
Raven, Oak, that Strauss creature, or creatures, whatever they were,
even my son and his wife: I just wanted them all to go away.
But before I could speak, the cats walked in, both of them, side by
side. I say walked, really they arrived doing that funny little
scamper that cats do, allowing them to “suddenly” appear at the
centre of everybody's attention. The funny thing was, this time you
could see both their forms, women and felines, at the same time. Not
alternating between one and the other, as they had in the past, but
cat and human occupying exactly the same space. It was very
disconcerting, even in the middle of all our other troubles.
They jumped onto the table, both of them approaching the mound of
earth, noses twitching with interest. They circled it together,
occupying opposite sides, tails held high, completely silent. Then
the dark haired girl noticed Strauss and dropped into a defensive
crouch, hackles raised, hissing.
