I've been moaning about Pumpkin and how the cat's just don't seem to get along. He finds it kinda funny, politely gets the details, then reassures me with...
"They're just dumb animals, you know"
Now I've never really thought that about any animal, but if one was to persuade me it'd be Pumpkin...
He reflects for a moment.
"There was a case a few years ago, though, some 84 year old in the States, used to torment his cat with a water pistol until one night the cat went in his room while he was sleeping and ripped his throat out...."