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Tail raised and body crouched low to the ground, he shifted his paws slightly and twitched his ears as he listened. He wasn't eavesdropping, and besides, it was their fault if they were talking loud enough for him to hear them. Hearing each cat talk as if life was something of the past... It bothered him, as if something was wrong here. These cats couldn't be dead, how could he see them? He wasn't dead. Ears flattened in a mixture of confusion, anger and fear, he continued to listen in, wondering what these cats were going to say next. Maybe this was all a sick, cruel joke on him. He didn't deserve this.