When he hears his humans planning tocastrate him, Carlocito, a pet burdenedwith an awareness we don't ordinarilyassociate with cats, runs away fromhome. After having survived theinclemency of the outside world, he returns home to find his mistressdesperately ill, and we see her throughhis eyes -"He carried me upstairs toJaydah's room and lay me gently onher bed. She was sleeping the wayonly Jaydah could sleep, sprawledand oblivious. Her eyes had dark circlesunder them, and her thick dark hairwas oily and stringy. The top of thenightstand was cluttered with medicinebottles, and the odor of...