So this is just a really short little intro kinda thing, gonna try to do thse in my new books from now on.

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I walk through the room. Cats sit in small black cages on shelves, only having access to a litter box, food, and water. There are thirty or so on each side of the room. It's really sad honestly. I wish I could save more than one...

Every cat is right in front of the door, staring at me. Pleading to be saved from this horrid place. I try to focus on the rock music running through my earbuds.

"Why give up, why give in?

It's not enough, it never is

So I will go on until the end-"

My mind blurs back to the felines. One of the cats is curled up and facing backwards in an almost depressed-looking way. It has long, beautiful, golden fur and something about it makes me walk closer. When I get about a foot away from its cage, its ears flick up and it uncurls itself.

I see the it has amber eyes now that it went to look at me. I turn off the music and stuff the earbuds in my pocket. I place my feet in front of the cage shelf so that my face is directly in front of the honey-colored cat.

"Does this one have a name?" I ask in monotone while keeping my eyes on the cat's.

"No. We just got him in this morning," I hear the cat keeper dude say from behind me.

"Him... Ed," I smile slightly, which almost never happens, even though it only lasts a millisecond.

Edward Elric's hair and eye color match with the cats.

At the mention of the name the cat seems to take an interest in me. He gets up and walks to the door of the cage.

"This one," I say in monotone again, not letting a driblet of emotion into my voice.

The pet dude unlocks the lock on the door and I pick up the cat. Ed isn't fully grown, but not a kitten either. I guess a teenage cat. He lies down in my arms while I support each of his limbs.