the cat hiding [knowledge even more sinister and frightening than Acorn’s]? She still didn’t see him. “Where’s the black cat that [has been terrorizing us since this fateful] morning?” she said. Dr. Crandal looked around the office, too. “Isn’t he here?” he said[, the panic rising in his voice.] [Pawnee] came into the office. [Her blood ran cold when she saw that Anna was alive once more. But not literally cold in the sense of reptiles’ blood. She could still thermoregulate with the best of them.] “Where’s the black cat?” asked Anna. “Dr. Crandal got him out of the fire,” [Pawnee said, casting an uncertain glance at Pam. Pam mouthed, “Later.”] “Then what happened?” asked Anna. [Pawnee] thought for a second. “Brandy started to [admit to his many horrible crimes and murders],” she said. “I put the cat down [and gagged Brandy. The time for confession is later. Trust me. I know what I’m doing.] When I looked back, the cat was gone.” Anna felt [the] shiv[ that she kept in her pocket]. “Do you think the cat ran back into the fire?” she asked Dr. Crandal. “Like horses do?” Dr. Crandal shook his head. “No,” he answered. “[No animal but a horse would be idiotic enough to do that. God damn are horses stupid. Jesus Christ.” Pawnee pulled Pam aside as Anna and the doctor tended to the pets. “What the Christ-loving fuck happened to Anna?” she whispered. “I don’t know,” Pam said. “She seems unchanged so far. But who knows what she brought back from the Other Side with her?”] #DetectivePony