We’re now starting to see the influence of Billy and Annabelle on the strip. The last few months were written while Smudge and Gizmo were declining and I’ve noticed a recurring motif of entrapment and release creep into the strip (there’s one more example to come, folks). Now things are going to start to become more slapstick, as the effect of living with two adolescent kittens with boundless energy and curiosity starts to filter into the strip.
This is a Billy trait. The cats have a favourite toy, a flexible plastic stick with a bit of fluff on the end – there used to be a furry snake thing attached to it but that got torn off, and now only a stump of fluff remains. If I wave it in the air, Billy will chase the shadow it casts on the ground. Bella, on the other hand, will wait till Billy’s exhausted himself, and then reach up and fell the fluff pole with a single swipe of her paw.
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