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🐾𖤐 𝒯𝒽ℯ 𝒢𝓊𝒶𝓇𝒹 𝒞𝒶𝓉 𖤐🐾

Unlike other cats who would sleep all the time, the Guard Cat decided that sleep was for lazy people. He prefers to wait wide awake.

He sits quietly in his position, with the calm that comes from accumulated wisdom. Beside him rest the mud-stained rain boots that belonged to his owner. The boots are a promise, a wish he clings to with all his claws.

No one taught him to count the days, but he knows that many have passed. And he also knows the meaning of absence. He knows there are no more footsteps in the house, no more lights on.

Sometimes he sniffs the boots, hoping to find some trace of his owner, but the scent fades a little more each day.

If the cat could count time, perhaps he would know that he no longer meows, that he no longer begs. He only guards his place next to the empty boots, hoping that one day, his litter box won't be empty.

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🐾𖤐 𝐸𝓁 𝒢𝒶𝓉ℴ 𝒢𝓊𝒶𝓇𝒹𝒾á𝓃 𖤐🐾

A diferencia de otros gatos que dormirían todo el tiempo, el Gato Guardián decidió que dormir era para los vagos. Él prefiere esperar bien despierto.

Se sienta en su posición tranquilamente, con la calma que da la sabiduría acumulada. A su lado descansan las botas de lluvia, manchadas de barro, que pertenecieron a su dueño. Las botas son una promesa, un deseo al que se aferra con todas sus garras.

Nadie le enseñó a contar los días, pero sabe que han pasado muchos. Y sabe, también, el significado de la ausencia. Sabe que ya no hay pasos en la casa, ni luces encendidas.

A veces olfatea las botas, esperando encontrar algún rastro de su dueño, pero el olor se desvanece un poco más cada día.

Si el gato pudiera contar el tiempo, quizá sabría que ya no maúlla, que ya no pide. Solo cuida su lugar al lado de las botas vacías, con la esperanza de que algún día, su bandeja no esté vacía.

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