Am I not permitted my likes and dislikes? Once upon a time, I had a quarrel with a cat, and we've never gotten along since. They were incidental to the situation, but, happening to be there, and happening to despise me back, I did not intend to pass up an opportunity to claw them before they could claw me. It's a little petty, I realize, but I keep my grudges. I didn't go looking for them, but they should have known better than to come too close. You understand.