Ever since Michael brought home a cat, whom he named Gerontius, he has been having very vivid dreams, and each dream has featured a cat and each seems to be telling Michael something he needs to hear, if only he’ll listen. But Michael scoffs at the idea that a cat could have anything to do with this. That’s because, like many humans, Michael fails to realize that a man is incomplete without a cat. Yet if Michael wishes to discover his true self, he must learn from these cat-inspired dreams. For as Gerontius says, “Cats are the dreamers for those who cannot dream, the seers for those whose vision rarely rises above the ground.”