Catch As Cat Can (2005)
“Harry asked Susan.
“Someone has to” was the terse reply.
“Why not BoomBoom? She uses the salvage yard. I mean she has to get sheet-metal scraps.”
Susan considered this. “Maybe all three of us should go to Sean.”
“I don't want to go.” Harry stubbornly dug her heels in.
“Mother hates anything that might become emotional.” Mrs. Murphy sighed. “I don't know why. Humans have highly developed emotions to keep them alive.”
“When they lived in caves.” Pewter shook herself, then sat down for serious grooming.
“What are you talking about?” Mrs. Murphy edged toward the door. If the humans were going to the O'Bannons', she was going with them.
“All that adrenaline worked when they lived in caves but I can't see how it does them a damn bit of good now. Just gets them in trouble.”
“I'm not talking about violence, I'm talking about the whole range of emotion.”
“Piffle,” the cat sniffed.
“I don't think my emotions are any less developed than a human's,” Tucker stoutly said.
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