Parents were here. Spencer had finally gotten used to them, allowing dad to stroke her, but Hat ran for his life. Ma made mouse noises to him, he just stared, and his nose twitched double fast. After that he loitered at the corridor, but not daring to come in. Spencer fell asleep on the sofa, oblivious to the world.

Dad said he saw Mera sitting at the gazebo, looking on while the senior citizens gambled.

We went to Max's place for dinner. He was well, rather happy and excited, kicking his orange soccer around. Dad said he looked like a dog, and kept tossing the orange ball for him to play with. We noticed that Max had started to groom himself extensively. We were having dumplings, and Max took a huge interest in human food. He sat beside dad's legs, looking up with his glowy yellow eyes. Of course we know better than to let him try, eating human food when he was a kitten was probably the cause of his fur problem! He napped a bit, and attacked the orange ball with renewed energy.

And another strange thing, Max seemed to have developed more brown spots on his coat, now that the fur is slowly growing out. And the color is darker too. I have a dog who did the same thing.

Spencer slept with me at night, Hat still didn't dare to come in, but he wolfed down his dinner beside the sink.