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Part 7 of All Cats And Wolves Are Grey In The Dark
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2023-06-21
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One Step From Your Grave

Summary:

Cats had nine lives, but only one Death, like everyone else.

Notes:

Last DeathPuss Week prompt! But since I can't count any better than Puss, I will be using the extra 'Free Topic' option from the list, and give you one more drabble tomorrow, with a surprise theme. Can you guess it? It's a pretty common and popular fanfiction trope. 08)

As for this one, the setting was inspired by the third volume of Phillip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy, but no knowledge of the books is required to understand this story. I am just borrowing the idea that every individual has their own Death (which was an extremely minor subplot in the original book).

You can also find this story on my Tumblr.

Day 7: Protect.

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Cats had nine lives, but only one Death, like everyone else.

Puss in Boots had always laughed at the notion. He didn’t need a creepy shadow warning him about lethal danger, he was a legend.

Until his spare lives ran out.

Then the wolf appeared.

Puss slowly pushed his drink away. His Death sneered:

"Now you’re paying attention."

"Why… aren’t you moving away?"

"I will, once you sober up."

A claw tilted Puss’ chin up.

"When you do, you’d better remember this," his Death growled: "I won’t let you ignore my signs anymore. If I get this close again, run."