Cats (Spoilers all books incl RWC)

[Farseer]

Thanks for sharing, Nuytsia (and why are we both awake and on thePlenty etc at THIS time of the morning ?!).

That made for REALLY interesting reading, though I do still believe that cats have an important function in the storyline, even if Robin says that her dragons aren't inspired by them. It's such a tease when she so often writes them in eg that Fool's movements are cat-like and pecksies also appear to have cat-like qualities in their looks and movements (pecksies also have a love of rats, as do cats, which I don't think I mentioned in earlier posts about pecksies). I just can't shake the feeling that they have a more significant role to play...

What is also intriguing is Nighteyes' dislike of cats, but then we have his fairly easy acceptance of the stone dragons despite being a little wary of them to begin with (if one is related to the other, why would this be so?). That Fitz seems to have a connection with cats is also fascinating, particularly when you take into account his closeness with Nighteyes and wolf-like traits.

Anyway, something I found interesting about cats tonight was in Dragon Keeper (which I am re-reading and then following on immediately with a re-read of Dragon Haven)

Spoiler

When Sinad took sacks of grain onto the Tarman to strike a bargain with Leftrin, Leftrin made a point of ensuring that Grigsby, the ship/barge's cat, was given the opportunity to point out to him the sack of rat-free grain, which he did in a most intelligent manner. As soon as the cat came out from the deckhouse though, it says,"The sassy little bastard stuck his claws in the Tarman's deck, stretched, and then pulled his claws in toward himself, leaving tiny scratches on the wood."

It was almost like the cat was making a deliberate statement...provoking, menacing or confronting Tarman, who had no way of defending himself or retaliating. Like he was saying, "You may be made of the stuff of dragons but I'm a cat. Take that!" It also could suggest that there is possibly a bit of tension between the two due to what they are by nature.