(urth) Short Story 110: The Cat

[Gerry Quinn]

On 26/08/2014 20:33, Marc Aramini wrote:
> The other issue is that if Inire has done something to get the cat 
> back that costs the good part of her soul and innocence, it makes 
> Inire truly a diabolical figure. His strict order to bury the doll 
> with her lead me to speculate it is her callous action of throwing the 
> cat that might have done the damage to her innocence, because she is 
> peri-like before Inire ever meddles with her. A very ambiguous 
> mystical description.

It seems to me that *something* came back, but (like Domnina's friend) 
it was not exactly her cat, and it held on to a piece of her soul somehow.

My first thought was that it needed that to keep it on Urth, but that 
doesn't really work, as somehow it attached itself to Leocadia, by way 
of the unremovable pawprint on the counterpane.

One other thing: in old age Sancha developed a disagreeable odour, which 
she countered by burning sandalwood.  Any significance?

- Gerry Quinn