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"Hello class." Mary said as soon as the classroom had settled down. "I hope you all had a pleasant weekend. I was able to meet with a few parents, guardians and... Others."

Yes Jude she's looking at you.

"If your parents or guardians were not able to attend this weekend I would be happy to discuss your progress with them over the phone. But it is up to you to let them know that is an option."

No, she's not smirking.

"Today we are discussing the language of Filis silvestris catus, also known as the domesticated or 'house' cat. The language itself will serve with any member of the Felidae family. But, being the language of a branch that shares it's habitat for the most part with humans, the vocabulary is a bit broader. The domesticated language lends itself more to direct translation from human languages. A wild cat, be it a feral silvestris catus or one of the lager wild Felidae, will understand what you're saying if you speak Domestic to it. Though they might think you sound a bit... Posh. We have two guest speakers today to illustrate this, but we'll get to that in a bit."

"They use more than one hundred vocalizations and types of body language for communication." Mary explained. "Which makes it about ten times as complex as the language of hounds which we've already covered. The unique sound a cat makes is rendered onomatopoeically as "meow" or similar variants ("miaow", "miau" etc.) in most European languages as well as Mandarin Chinese. Though the French often write the sound a cat makes as 'ron'. Japanese has it as "nyaau", "nyu", or "nyan"; Korean as "yaong" or "nyaong". In Arabic the sound is transcribed as "mowa'a" or "naw". Other variants exist throughout the world. This unique sound is referred to by those who consider themselves experts as a 'Call'. Hence the phrase 'Cat Call'. The cat's pronunciation of this call varies significantly depending onmeaning. Usually cats call out to indicate pain, request humanattention (to be fed or played with, for example), or as a greeting."

Mary goes on to give some information about communication and body language.

"As I said before, we have two guest speakers today. One is... Merdebaise..." Mary didn't comment on the meaning of that name. "Who was until recently fending for herself. The other is Pywackit, who has lived with people all his life."

[ooc: Sorry for lateness, ~~please wait for OCD~~ open!]]

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//Because we know.//

//Arg! That's cruel! I stay away from people that don't like me! Why can't cats do the same?//

//I should clarify.// Pywackit said getting a LOOK from Mary. //Not all of my kind hate you. But we like many creatures that are not mortals, can smell fear or distress... Quite a lot of my kind... I suppose you would say they have a soft spot for lesser beings.//

//So... what you're saying is that cats come to bother me becuase they can TELL I'm afraid and they pity me?!//

//Something like that.// Pywackit said. //...Or they're just trying to lul you into a false sense of security.//

//I wouldn't fall for that. I'd never go closer to a cat that I am to you right now.//

//You think that's far enough?//

//Well if I had MY way I wouldn't even be this close. But I have to talk to you, it's part of my grade for this class.//

//I'm sure you're doing fine.// The cat said resuming the cleaning of his paw. //What if there's a cat you can't see? We're very stealthy you know.//

//Well if I can't see it I'm not scared.//

//Not afraid of a threat you can't see? That's rather foolish don't you think?//

//Well if I had my eyes closed and I didn't know they were there, I'd be fine.//

Pywackit blinks once and stares at Ranma for a bit.

//Not that you shouldn't, but why do you fear my kind so?//

//When I was 5 my dad tied a roll of fish sausage to me and threw me into a pit of hungry cats. Seven times.//

*blink*

//...Did he say why he did this?//

//Well sort of. But he's just stupid. I'd rather not talk about it.//

Oh... There is no way Pywackit is leaving this alone.

//If you don't tell me...// He said tapping his tail slowly. //I might come over there and rub up against your leg.//

//You...!// Grrrrrr. //Don't you dare.//

Pywackit stood up and streached by putting his paws out in front of him and leaning back on his hind legs. His paws spreading and his claws peeking out as a result.

//Hmmmmmm... I might even jump up into your lap and lick your face... It depends how I'm feeling.//

//NO! Don't even TRY IT!// Ranma takes two nervous steps backwards.

//Then tell me.// He said sitting down. //Surely he didn't think you'd be eaten...//

//Well it's for... this martial arts tecnique. It's almost unbeatable... but it makes the person doing it completely out of control. And deathly afraid of cats. So it's banned and only an idiot would subject himself to it. If I had a choice I'd never have done it! But I was too young to fight back.//

//I suppose there's no secret fighting technique one learns by being thrown into life with bad parents.//

//Yeah...// He sighs...

Pywackit flopped back down on his side.

//Oh, very well, I won't shed all over your pants.//

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