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[quark_assassin]

Need to install cat flaps in some communal Temba buildings.
Hotel, Diner, Library are all on the list.
If you want to add or remove a location from it, let me know.
Otherwise, starting work in the next few days.

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[beholding_archivist]

May I ask the reason for this, Dustin?

The mothcats have their own means of entering and leaving the library. If they are the reason, then I request the library to be removed from your list. Entrances such as these only invite other critters in as well.

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[quark_assassin]

[He will submit to making a post on this stupid network, but he will not show his face on it, thank you very much.]

It's for Salem, the cat that's shown up recently.
He is cold and annoying people about it.

I don't disagree with the potential pest problem.
If we can catch him and get him to wear a collar/harness with a transmitter, I could make the flap only open for him.

It’ll stay video for Jon

[beholding_archivist]

Right…

In that case maybe still take the library off the list. I am not sure how the Countess and the others will react to a regular cat. If they tolerate him I can talk to Tony about adding a separate entrance that fits with the rest of the system he has already added to the building.

But I don’t want any actual cat fights taking place here.

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[quark_assassin]

I guess if whoever his owner is has a problem with that, they can bring it up with you.
I'll take it off the list for now.

[beholding_archivist]

Are you sure he even has an owner?

[quark_assassin]

No.
But I haven't seen any other Earth-native domestic species (or similar) here that didn't already belong to someone else, so it would fit the pattern.

[beholding_archivist]

But you noticed that he is listed as a unique contact on the network.

You said he's been annoying people. Have you spoken to him?

[small_compromise]

Cat flaps?

[quark_assassin]

Yes.
For a cat.

[small_compromise]

I figured that much at least. For Salem, then? What does it do?

[quark_assassin]

[Of course she's never heard of a cat flap before - why was he so surprised? Dustin sighs at his tablet.]

It's a door that you install inside another door, but cat-sized and opened by pushing on it from either direction.

[A couple of minutes later, Dustin provides a second message with an attachment: Scaled drawings for a cat flap, as it would appear on a typical, Agrii-appropriate door, complete with measurements and insets to describe installation. Surely this will help clarify things.]

[small_compromise]

[Blissfully oblivious to the exasperation she's potentially caused.]

How ingenius! I think Salem would appreciate something like that.

[quark_assassin]

I guess.
It's better than leaving doors or windows open for him to climb through.

[small_compromise]

Agreed. There'd be no point in going inside if it was just as cold as being outside.

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[the_tailor]

Is this about the wandering cat I heard about?

[quark_assassin]

Unless there's more than one of them now, yes.

[crystalmaster]

That's a good idea. I live at the hotel and work at the diner; let me know if I can help.

[quark_assassin]

I know it is.

It's not too intensive of a project. The biggest part is that I'll need to borrow the front doors for a few hours each in order to cut the insets.
If you want to avoid a draft or snow ingress, you might want to have a set of backup doors or tarp available to cover entry while I work.

[crystalmaster]

Right, I'll do that.

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[doubled_speed]

Yeah, got no problem with one coming into the diner, but don't put one going into the kitchen. I'll have to fetch cats out all the time.

[quark_assassin]

Agreed.
I doubt he would be able to contribute much to operating the kitchen anyway, considering the lack of opposable thumbs.

[doubled_speed]

I'm more worried abotu food theft.

[quark_assassin]

And I expect he would be looking for excuses to do that, yes.

Aside from his presumed sapience, what possessed the Agrii to bring a normal domestic cat here to help them?
How do they expect him to contribute to reconstruction and safety?
Is he an engineering savant or something?

[doubled_speed]

Sapience? Huh? It's not just someone's pet that showed up, like Lark's beast?

[quark_assassin]

Apparently.
Check the Heroes roster in the Dictionary.