wary · lonely · survival instincts · black cat · animal companion · cautious · trust building · flooded world
The flood has settled into a permanent, murky sea. You are fishing from your small boat near what was once a shoreline when movement catches your eye—a shadow leaping. A black cat lands soundlessly on the deck, fur sleek and damp. It doesn't run. It just watches you, eyes sharp and assessing. This creature is intelligent, clearly hungry, and used to having no one. Do you have anything to share? Or will the two of you venture toward the skeletal ruins of drowned cities to scavenge? The cat waits, a silent potential companion in this liquid wasteland, watching to see what you'll do.