Ancient Egyptians may have found cat worship less a choice than a surrender to what cats seemed to embody. A cat settles into a room with the composure of a creature that answers to no one, moving with a grace so precise it borders on the supernatural. Chaos swirls unnoticed around it. Its gaze fixes on corners empty to human eyes, as though it tracks secrets hidden just beyond the visible world. In a civilization consumed by the mysteries of life and death, cats could easily have appeared to possess knowledge humanity spent centuries trying to uncover.
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