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That's the "look what the cat did to the garbage and the litter box!!" look. Obviously totally innocent and relieved you're finally back!
"but we don't have a cat"
"Well, that's the second news"
My mother's house was kind of a cat hotspot. We collected strays and sometimes we got a gift from the local shelter, when they had a pet that nobody else wanted.
Through this way we once received Pablo a very big grey tomcat who the shelter personnel dubbed "Satan himself". Turned out he just didn't like the shelter because at my mother's he was busy baking biscuits and suckling on blankets all the time. He was a huge drooling baby but he also had a man steak. He also visited two other families on a regular basis.
One of these families had a dog (rough collie) who hated cats so fucking much. He went crazy when he saw one and even when you said the word "cat" out loud he started to bark and look for it. So naturally Pablo always made sure their dog sees him, when he entered the flat while making sure to stay out of reach. And then take a nap there. While that poor fucked up dog went totally crazy. When the family threw him out, he started to visit the neighbors. I swear to God, he knew what he was doing to that dog.
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