Title: Cat People
Series: Chronicle
Writer: P E Leody
SYNOPIS: AFTER COMING INTO SOME MONEY ALEX KEEPS CLONING HIS CAT UNTIL IT OUTLIVES HIM. THE CAT THEN DECIDES TO ALMOST RETURN THE FAVOUR.
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ALEX: BIRTH WAS HARD FOR ME TOO. SINCE THEN I'VE TRIED MY BEST, I'VE SMILED, SAT UP, COMMUNICATED VOCALLY AND SIGNED MESSAGES BUT TO NO AVAIL. ALL WITHIN 3 MONTHS
ALEX: HOW DO THEY SEEK TO REWARD MY ACHIEVEMENT? EVERY ONE THAT PASSES PATS ME ON THE HEAD
Caption: I HAVE ONE EQUAL, THE GROWN UPS KEEP TRYING TO TELL ME HE'S A PUSS CAT. I JUST CALL HIM BY HIS NAME CLYDE. WE HAVE STARING MATCHES, HE TICKLES MY TOES, I PULL HIS TAIL, HE SCATHES ME, I GET A SYMPATHY PLASTER, WE EXCHANGES FLEAS
ALEX: WE ARE DIFFERENT SPECIES I MUST SEEK TO TRANSCEND ABOVE HIM. I ROLL ABOUT THE PLACE
Caption: I TRY HIS STYLE OF MOVEMENT, I CRAWL AND PROCEED TO STANDING UP AGAINST OBJECTS, CRUISING THEY CALL IT, WHY THEY HAVE TO NAME A TRANSITION STATE TO MEASURE PROGRESS IS BEYOND ME
ALEX: WHAT THEY WANT TOP SEE IT THIS STANDING UP UNSUPPORTED, WALKING WITHOUT BUMPING, I'VE REALLY ARRIVED ON THIS PLANET IN 18 MONTHS
ALEX: JUST AS POOR CLYDE SHUFFLES OFF THIS MORTAL COIL
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ALEX: LIFE HAS MANY MORE CHALLENGES TO OFFER AND YOU SOON LOOSE YOUR PAIN BY GETTING INVOLVED IN THEM
ALEX: PLAY GROUP, PRESCHOOL, SCHOOL, ANY CHANCE FOR THEM TO GET SHOT OF YOU
ALEX: SOON YOU REACH AN EQUILIBRIUM AN UNDERSTANDING WHERE YOU CAN BOTH EXIST IN EACH OTHER'S PRESENCE
ALEX: THEN IT ALL SPILLS AGAIN AS YOU HIT PUBERTY, PEACE CAN ONLY BE FOUND JUST BY SIMPLY WALKING THE DOG
ALEX: THEN YOUR PARENTS PASS AWAY VERY CLOSE TO EACH OTHER, ONE HAD A LEAKY HEART VALUE THE OTHER DIED OF A BROKEN HEART, YOU SUDDENLY REALISE IT'S NOT PEACE YOU WANT, IT'S THE NOISE, THEIR NOISE, THEIR ARGUMENTS, THEIR EVER PRESENCE, THEIR LOVE
ALEX: SURE YOU GET A HEAP OF MONEY IN PART EXCHANGE. ENOUGH TO LIVE OUT YOUR WILDEST DREAMS BUT IT'S NOT THE SAME
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ALEX: A PREPAID HOUSE AND ENOUGH MONEY TO LIVE OUT YOUR WILDEST FANTASIES, YOUR WILDEST DREAMS, STRANGEST DESIRES
ALEX: #THE WORLD'S YOUR OYSTER, YOUR FUTURE'S A CLAM# YOU'RE NOT EVEN TWENTY ONE YOU DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT LIFE TO HAVE REAL DREAMS
ALEX: SO YOU GO BACK TO WHAT YOU KNOW, YOUR COMFORT BLANKET, YOUR CUDDLY AS CLOSE AS YOU CAN GET BACK TO THE WOMB
ALEX: YOU REMEMBER ALL THOSE THINGS YOU DID TO PLEASE THEM, AND YOU THOUGHT THEY NEVER NOTICED. IN FACT THEY NEVER STOPPED WATCHING YOU THEY LOVED YOU MORE THAN YOU COULD EVER LOVE THEM
ALEX: BUT THAT WAS THEN...
ALEX: ... THIS IS NOW
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ALEX: I FOUND A GIRL, I SETTLED DOWN, I GOT MARRIED BECAUSE I WANTED TO
ALEX: I WASN'T PARTICULARLY LUCKY, LIFE HAS IT'S UP AND DOWNS, BUT I WAS THANKFUL COMPARED TO CLYDE
ALEX: I HAD JOY, I HAD FUN, I HAD SEASONS IN THE SUN, THE MOUNTAINS THAT CLIMBED WERE JUST SEASONS OUT OF TIME
ALEX: POOR CLYDE, HE CAME BACK ALWAYS THE SAME CHARACTER, THE SAME FLAWS, THE SAME STRENGTHS, AND EVENTUALLY HE NEEDED MORE ENERGY TO BE ENTERTAINED THAN I COULD PRODUCE
Caption: I REMEMBER THE LAST TIME I SAW HIS FACE. HAGGARD, HANG DOG, TIRED SO VERY TIRED
ALEX: SO MUCH SO I DIED HOURS LATER. CLYDE'S FACE WAS AS YOUTHFUL AS THE DAY I WAS BORN
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SOLICITOR: SO IN SUMMARY ALEX'S VAST FORTUNE IS BEQUEATHED TO YOU FOR AS LONG AS YOU MAY LIVE, AND AS LONG AS YOUR SOURCE DNA SURVIVES
SOLICITOR: WE'VE APPOINTED A CARE COUNSELOR TO MAKES SURE YOUR NEEDS ARE TAKEN CARE OF
CLYDE: OF COURSE CATS THINK, BUT DID YOU KNOW THEY CAN WRITE, WE SCRATCH TREES, WHERE DO YOU THINK THE TERM CATALOGUE CAME FROM, NOTES TO SELF
Caption: SEEING THE MASTER DIE I UNDERSTOOD ABOUT LIFE, DEATH AND HIS SHENANIGANS
ALEX: SO I TOOK A LEAF OUT OF HIS BOOK
CLYDE: THE MASTER WAS RIGHT THESE WERE GREAT TIMES, I HAVE 9 LIVE EACH INNINGS, I CAN AFFORD TO THROW ONE A BONE OCCASIONALLY. WHEN HE GETS POTTY TRAINED I'LL LET HIM IN THE HOUSE
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