Yellow Cat Story 57: We Need to Talk
Yellow Cat Story 57 begins with Yellow approaching Boss with a serious complaint.
āBoss⦠we need to talk.ā
This was not an ordinary conversation. Yellow looked like a man who had suffered a terrible injustice and had finally decided to report it to the authorities.
The problem was Black.
Wherever Yellow went, Black followed him.
Yellow could walk down the street, visit his favorite places, or simply disappear for a few innocent hoursāand somewhere nearby, Blackās surveillance system would activate.
For Yellow, enough was enough.
A Serious Violation of Privacy
Yellow explained his situation carefully.
A cat needs freedom.
A cat needs privacy.
And most importantly, a cat occasionally needs to conduct some very important private business without being followed by Blackās ground and air surveillance units.
Boss listened.
Yellow continued presenting his case like a lawyer defending the basic constitutional rights of cats everywhere.
The argument was surprisingly convincing.
At least until Boss started asking questions.
Boss Investigates the Complaint
Boss knew Yellow well enough to understand that the phrase āimportant businessā required further investigation.
What kind of business?
Where was this business conducted?
And why did it so often seem to involve disappearing from home?
Suddenly, Yellowās complaint about Black began to sound less like a privacy issue and more like evidence.
The complainant was slowly becoming the suspect.
This was not going according to Yellowās plan.
The Wine Bar Problem
There was also another small detail.
Yellow wanted the freedom to enjoy a quiet drink.
Perfectly reasonable.
Except that whenever Yellow mentioned wine, mysterious women, late nights, or āprivate business,ā Blackās investigation somehow became much more interested.
Yellow insisted these things were completely unrelated.
Boss was not entirely convinced.
Neither was Black.
Probably nobody was.
Except Yellow.
Yellow Says Too Much
Then Boss asked the dangerous question.
The kind of question that can destroy an entire defense strategy in seconds.
Yellow froze.
All that confidence disappeared.
The speech about freedom was over.
The complaint about surveillance was forgotten.
And the important private business suddenly became extremely private.
āShh⦠who told you that?ā
Case closed.
Yellow went to Boss hoping to stop Blackās investigation.
Instead, he accidentally confirmed that Black had something worth investigating. š¹