Name: Boots (CaeliM017) Gender: Male, Intact Breed: Wild Coat: Black Tiger Grizzle Velvet Checker with White Eyes: Yellow Genetic Code: BB//B+ Black, Carries Blue CT//C+ Velvet Checker, Carries Barred R+//R+ No Reduced Color GT//G+ Heterozygous Tiger Grizzle ZB//Z+ Heterozygous Bicolor +//+ No Baldheaded +//+ Homozygous Yellow Iris Size: 61 Domestication: 63 Friendliness: 9 Noisiness: 14 Parents: Father Aldebaran; Mother Frost Siblings if known: Mitts Mate: Offspring: Current Location: Barney's Barn Art By/Born-Adopted From: Phe/Nidus Caeligenus Cattery

"I hope you don't plan on pissin in my boots this time," Barney said. The black and white winged cat hissed back. But didn't shy away when the man held his hand up for sniffing. He didn't bite, either. No, that was reserved for the Antlion grubs, which this cat apparently delighted in 'deflating' with a bite or a singular swat from his incredibly strong paw.

*** From Nine Half-Lives ***

He reminded Barney of the cat that had lived in the College basement where he'd hung out for that one semester. Badass cat. Apparently brought down possums and chased off dogs. Barney had won a bet or two about how fast that basement cat could chase off an intruder. Cat scared the crap out of every other new student but him.

To Barney, that black, white-footed cat had given off a yowl and pissed on his boots.

The campus wildlife stayed clear of Barney, whenever he wore those boots. Of course, so did the girls.