and jasper so good, good quiet company, we contemplate and daydream, we start early, he yells soul cutely for me to wake, throwing his voice as penny throws her toy mouse, patiently while i dream of a dog, we start early to dream the day away, while impish penny throws r.'s baby crystals and such off the table in the other room, and we talk about the difference in our cats and wonder how we are attached one to the other as it happens, how they reflect on us.