{"id":154,"date":"2026-09-02T01:06:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T01:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tnf.ola.mybluehost.me\/rw\/2026-autumn\/?page_id=154"},"modified":"2026-09-12T00:05:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T00:05:09","slug":"for-eponine-my-cat-whom-dr-moreau-could-not-improve-upon","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/societyforritualarts.com\/rw\/2026-autumn\/for-eponine-my-cat-whom-dr-moreau-could-not-improve-upon\/","title":{"rendered":"For Eponine, My Cat, Whom Dr. Moreau Could Not Improve Upon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style data-wp-block-html=\"css\">\n.topLinks {\n font-family: 'Alegreya SC', serif;\n font-size: 21px;\n font-weight: 500;\n width: 100%;\n display: flex;\n column-gap: 24px;\n margin: 36px 0 60px 0;\n}\n\n.topLinks h3 {\n display: inline;\n}\n.topLinks .left {\n text-align: left;\n}\n\n.topLinks .center {\n text-align: center;\n}\n\n.topLinks .right {\n text-align: right;\n}\n\n.topLinks > div {\n flex: 1 1 0;\n}\n.left {\n width: 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have to believe<\/p> \n\t\t\t<p>that if Moreau stole her,<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>I would run across the ocean.<\/p> \n\t\t\t<br>\n\t\t\t<p>I would run across the ocean,<\/p> \n\t\t\t<p>or at least commandeer a ship,<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>and speed to Noble\u2019s Isle,<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>that fictional island where nothing noble happened.<\/p> \n\t\t\t<p>Sea and sand and rocks and locks<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>could not stop me from storming the enclosure,<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>from snatching my cat back from that old man\u2019s hands.<\/p> \n\t\t\t<br>\n\t\t\t<p>But what if I were too late?<\/p>\n\t\t\t<br>\n\t\t\t<p>Behind that gate might be a homunculus:<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>naked in her bright pink skin<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>with bovine spots,<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>balancing on two disjointed legs,<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>her paunch hanging,<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>her dainty paws stretched to lemur-like fingers,<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>tail gone, face flattened,<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>eyes with the imprint of pain.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<br>\n\t\t\t<p>Like Prendick,<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>I would shudder.<\/p> \n\t\t\t<br>\n\t\t\t<p>But then I would scoop up my misshapen Eponine<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>and raze the building more thoroughly<\/p> \n\t\t\t<p>than any fallen oil lamp.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<br>\n\t\t\t<p>On the journey home,<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>what would we say\u2014<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>me to her altered brain<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>and her with her altered larynx?<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>I could explain what money is,<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>and why I must leave the apartment each morning.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>I could teach her how to read a clock,<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>and tell her that her breakfast is at seven,<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>so there should be no crying before then<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>(but I know she would ignore that).<\/p> \n\t\t\t<br>\n\t\t\t<p>What would she say to me<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>that she cannot say already?<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>She has no difficulty<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>voicing her complaints<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>or her joys.<\/p>  \n\t\t\t<p>As she is, every day<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>when I end my evening commute at our door,<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>she meets me and proclaims,<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p><i>You are home! Now we will go<\/i><\/p>\n\t\t\t<p><i>to the designated spot<\/i><\/p>\n\t\t\t<p><i>and I will put my head on your knee<\/i><\/p>\n\t\t\t<p><i>and you will scratch my chin<\/i><\/p>\n\t\t\t<p><i>and pet me and pat me<\/i><\/p>\n\t\t\t<p><i>and I will rub my face on your leg<\/i><\/p>\n\t\t\t<p><i>and then you will lean down<\/i><\/p>\n\t\t\t<p><i>and I will press my nose against your nose,<\/i><\/p>\n\t\t\t<p><i>again and again and again.<\/i><\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/main>\n<section class=\"authorBio\">\n\t<div class=\"authorBioLeft\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"back\" src=\"\/rw\/2026-autumn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/YarnBall.webp\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"author\" src=\"\/rw\/2026-autumn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Layton-author-pic-with-Eponine.jpeg\">\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"bio\">\n\t\t<p>Janna Layton lives in Walnut Creek, California. 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