A private moment? Never heard of it.
A Scam in Plain Sight
It started like any other evening — me, the human, and a restless streak running down my spine. I was biting, pouncing, working my claws for action. Then out of nowhere, there it was. The infamous red dot was in the house again.
Every cat in town’s seen it. A little flash of promise skittering across the floor, daring you to chase it. Goofus used to tear after it like a rookie on her first bust — all heart, no questions asked. She was petite, maybe the runt of the litter, but she gave the chase everything she had. Trouble is, she never stopped to think.
But me? I wasn’t buying it. I played the long game. Waited. Let the mark come to me.
The Reveal in This Luna Journal Entry
Then I looked up. Followed the light to its source. The truth hit me like a cheap shot in a back alley. The infamous red dot wasn’t magic. It wasn’t even real. It was a scam — a rigged con out of a gadget you could buy on Amazon for ten bucks. A cheap trick in a cheap town.
The Conspiracy Exposed
Cats don’t lose the game — the game loses them. Every time that dot vanishes when the switch flips, the world thinks the cat came up short. But not me.
Here’s the kicker: I cracked the case at three months old, after only a week on the street with that lousy dot. Goofus? She chased it her whole life and never figured it out. Sweet, but fooled from day one.
So maybe I’m not just another kitten in the alley after all. Maybe I’m sharper than she ever was. Still, I tip my whiskers to her — Goofus may have fallen for the con, but she played with more heart than most detectives ever bring to a case.
Case closed: the red dot is exposed.
—Luna 🐾
