@aronow my guess is “non-specific levels of attention are required from human Jared.” He often would use his “I need attention/protection” meow to go along with it. I suspect Archimedes is partially to blame. As he didn’t meow much, I taught him to “stand on something” to indicated he needed something. His most elaborate version was going up into the ceiling. He knew that I would either hear the banging or a Penguin angry at an Archie stealing her dust