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Both Ariadne Wodin and Reginald Cross were taken aback at the antics of the cats.

The two visitors already knew that the Larkinsons loved their pets. They had already crossed paths with numerous cats, dogs, birds, lizards and other animals.

Ves was also famed for his love of cats. Lucky was practically a permanent fixture by his side.

What was different this time was that another pet had entered the stage.

Compared to the solid, mechanical form of Lucky, Blinky appeared to be a very different kind of cat.

He was obviously not organic. Not with the way his body was slightly translucent and how his entire form glowed and shimmered in front of everyone's eyes.

The bright purple exterior did not have the consistency of fur, nor the solidity of metal. The strange light points trailing across Blinky's body made it appear even more mysterious.

The closest guess that the visitors could come up with was that Blinky was an electronic cat.