Cats
“Every time a cat yawns at you,” she said, “it’s drawing out a little bit of your soul. Just the tiniest amount of your life essence. In fact, it’s not even enough to be noticeable. Like, over the course of a lifetime the actual effect is negligible. But it happens.”
“That would answer a lot of questions I have about the ancient Egyptians,” I said.
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