"there's nothing inherently hypnotic about that," you say, mouth hanging open between statements, hanging off of every word i'm saying, the tangible motivation to put all of your attention squarely on me and listen close visible between your legs

i disagree with the statement.

you agree with me.

specific tone to leave them in programming mode only to point at the paws and say get to work, making sure they're equally drooly over visual stimulus (y'know, paws being on that plate, visor, glass, you name it)

whistling that frequency mid conversation and whatever they were saying just freezes in place like when an audio buffer keeps replaying when something crashes

don't forget "you're asleep." when they're awake. and then they're asleep and you're right anyway.

a mental leash, only grabbable by one

this is so absurdly cute

the intersection between the cases where you purring because you're getting pet and the cases where you're purring because good pets don't think is rather large

sometimes you're just the cat that makes small noises when it's paralyzed with pleasure, too

how puzzling