It's been ten days, so we're pretty sure it's done... Indigo didn't come home. She had been enjoying time spent visiting our tourists, so I let her spend the afternoon outside. She gets rounded up before dark and locked in the house, but that night she didn't come when she was called. I hoped she'd be at the window come morning -- she's done that a few times -- but hope is a terrible thing, and there was no cat at the window. There are wolves on the property, very very close. There are owls on the hill. There are many things in the dark that will ensure that a house cat may well not come home. I am heartbroken. She was a beautiful soul, and a favourite not just of mine but of all our guests.
We've called.
We've searched.
We've cried for her absence.
She was a charming little soul, a joy to have, a huge comfort to the kittens when they first came, polite to guests, affectionate to all... She was a good cat (even if she did come home with a baby duckling that got her into terrible trouble). She is going to be missed. The house, down to two cats and one dog, feels oddly incomplete. Thanks for sharing this too short a time with us, for letting us know you, Indigo. Travel safely, go to the stars.
I'm very sorry.
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