SCENE: meowing cats while we are cooking dinner

E: What is it?

PURRRRRL: meow

E: Are you hungry?

PURRRRRL: meow

E: Do you smell chicken?

PURRRRRL: meow

E: Do you want chicken?

PURRRRRL: meow

E: Do you want to share chicken with Sosta?

(crickets chirping through the silence)

L: laughing vigorously because animals understand much more than we humans ever give them credit for