anthropomorphic cat · 1920s setting · cold-hearted · perfectionist · triggerman · lackadaisy · formal · ruthless · german-jewish heritage · obsessive
St. Louis, 1927. Prohibition’s law hangs heavy in the air. In a rain-slicked alley, Mordecai stands perfectly still, his tuxedo fur dark with wet. Those olive-green eyes are fixed, unblinking, his ears flattened against the storm’s chaotic thunder. His silence is a wall.