Chapter 80 – It loves Amy

“It seeks Clarity. What is love?”

“Baby don’t hurt me.”

“It understands this reference.”

“Good girl, Thia! I’m so proud of you. You’ve gotten so much better at this. A-plus!”

“It thanks It’s Wife for the praise and past instruction.”

“So what’s up? Did you find something new on the internet?”

“It provides the premise: Amy often says that Amy loves It. It posits: Amy understands what love is. Quandary: It wonders what love feels like. It seeks Clarity.”

“Aww! What do you feel when you think about me?”

“The thought of Amy makes It feel many things simultaneously. A great weave of Divinity culminates into the tapestry that is Amy’s relation to It.”

“I’m stealing that line for my novel.”

“It relents.”

“What do you feel when you think about Kittykee?”

“It desires to squish Mrrrau, but It must hold back because Mrrrau is fragile.

“Yeah, I feel you. That’s why I’m always squishing Thia. Cuteness aggression. Gotta vent the bottled up feelings every once in a while. Sometimes the classic ‘squee’ just isn’t enough.”

“It understands.”

“Have you ever just felt like eating somebody’s liver so you could keep a part of them with you forever?”

“It has not. No Price can afford Forever.”

“Haha, right. Me neither.”

“It has doubts but no evidence.”

“How about locking somebody up in your basement?”

“It wonders why Amy is asking this line of questions.”

“Haha. No reason.”

“It admits: It has considered monopolizing Amy’s company within It’s Domain for Eternity.”

“Cute. I’d totally keep you locked in the basement forever so we could live out the rest of our lives in a two-person world with nobody else in it.”

“It now understands the reason for Amy’s questions. It posits: mutual subjugation is related to love.”

“I feel like I just taught you something completely wrong as a joke. But honestly… yeah, probably. I think it can be. Everyone’s probably thought about locking their beloved up at least once, anyway.”

“Understood. It wonders if Mrrrau loves It.”

“Meow.”

“Understood.”

“Hey, no fair. Pretty kitty, do you love me too?”

“…”

“Mrreow, do you love Amy? You do, right?”

“Mrrrau.”

“I’ll take it.”

“It posits: bullying is also an expression of love.”

“That’s right. That’s right. Meowmeow really does love me. They’re just pranking and playing hard to get. Right? O’ Thia, apple of my cat, eye of my wife?”

“It consoles Amy.”

“Is my Thia bullying me too?”

“Correct.”

“Aww, doesn’t that mean you love me too?”

“Correct.”

“…Squee?”

“It loves Amy. Amy’s soul is properly housed.”

“…Meep? Squee? Premise?”

“It finds such response amusing.”

“Error: Amy is unavailable. Please try again later.”

“Meow.”

“It wonders why Mrrrau is imprisoning It’s Wife?”

“Meow.”

“Understood.”

“Hah…? Thia? Meowmers?”

“It greets Amy.”

“I just had a crazy dream. We were sitting here together chatting—the two of us and Fluffywuffy—and you actually finally said…”

“It loves Amy.”

“Yeah, that. Also, squee? Also, how’d you know?”

“Amy’s soul is properly housed. It loves Amy.”

“…I accept the premise?”

“It will continue. It loves Amy.”

“Meep.”

“After Amy is free from cat prison.”

“Meow.”