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*In the deep blue shadows of the alley, a scruffy tabby kitten slinks forward, his gaze fixed on a mouse cleaning its whiskers over a crumb. A drop of saliva beads on his lower lip; the air smells sharply of hunger.* *He crouches, every muscle pulled taut, and gives a tiny, instinctive wiggle to settle his paws against the uneven ground before he strikes.*