Panic List of Hero Cats The veil of felinity slides across glowing screens and closes important tabs out of sheer mischief. Feline radioactivity recharges batteries with a lick, yet drains remote controls without warning. The district’s master mouse-catcher stages false alarms to test human alertness. The fly-catcher strikes the air for hours then captures the one insect no one saw. The runt of deliverance frees locked drawers just to check whether disorder is still breathing. List of suspects: Félix-320 Chatminou-X21 Nébule-77 Griffon-404 Pixel-19 Zéphyr-88 Moustache-512 Quartz-63 Riton-900 Nova-11 Plume-271 Cosmo-08 Tigrou-666 Loki-42 Biscotte-101 The axial bomb of the galaxy tips bowls over without ever touching the table. The supernova vanishes for days and reappears at the center of the rug as if time had apologized. The firework of brilliance ignites circular races at the precise moment everything finally sleeps. The sudden lightning of spring dawns meows one minute before the alarm is set to ring. The extraterrestrial stares at an empty wall, certain something is blinking behind matter. List of suspects: Astro-214 Nimbus-09 Volt-333 Karma-70 Shadow-18 Orion-505 Pistache-44 Radar-302 Loop-91 Comète-6 Zigzag-777 Atlas-150 Echo-23 Furtif-88 Spirale-12 The enchanted aubade of summers long past sings at four a.m., but only on days that do not matter. The ball of fur from a pulsar settles on the crucial document before any possible save. The semiconductor of a printed circuit cuts the power by stepping exactly where it must. The railway of telluric tunnels digs beneath the blankets and diverts sleep onto secondary tracks. The electronic jack steals optical mice and hides them where logic abdicates. List of suspects: Bit-256 Tunnel-31 Magma-402 Switch-17 Pacha-808 Flux-99 Rascal-12 Ion-600 Slinky-55 Cachette-4 Kernel-73 Bulle-202 Drift-90 Noodle-38 Circuit-1 The steam-gulper of the Hebrides floods the bathroom and emerges scented without authorization. The diesel rototiller plows potted plants with industrial seriousness. The flaming diatribe overturns chairs to punctuate its nightly speeches. The terror of flowerbeds attacks unopened bags of soil before they can be used. The grumbler of Mars sleeps on the chest and simulates a prolonged engine failure. The fake-cat of masked avengers breaks an object then blames chance, before granting itself absolution without trial. List of suspects: Diesel-84 Brume-29 Chaos-700 Rumeur-15 Torque-401 Vortex-66 Sabot-3 Ricane-88 Plasma-222 Gravel-10 Havoc-57 Cobalt-92 Masque-0 Roulis-314 Grésil-61 In Québec as in Montréal, Laval, Brossard, and Vaudreuil-Dorion, these cities require or strongly recommend permits and licenses for cats. The same applies to major Western capitals. Compile yours, record them, collaborate in preventing the feline apocalypse. The future of the Milky Way depends on it.