* fliers
* tape
* staples (once you’ve upgraded from packing tape to a brand new staple gun)
* energy (for asking strangers if they’ve seen the cat and then talking with them about how you miss her)
* breath (for playing the ocarina she loves)
* will-power (to keep singing the song from when she was a tiny kitten about how you love her and miss her when she’s gone)
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It’s so strange to see Heidi stare at me from every telephone pole in the neighborhood, but not know if I’ll ever actually see her again…