in defense of mr. white

The saga of effie, niles and ebony continues. ebony still hates effie and niles, and movita and 2.0 still wake to the sounds of cat melees in the night. movita has requested that 2.0 be patient with ebony, for she is old, violent and likes to barf on our carpets when she's particularly pissed at us. But 2.0 gets especially upset when ebony puts the beats on niles, his new BFF.

Earlier this week 2.0 and movita woke to the sounds of ebony chasing niles down the stairs.

2.0: ebony! Cut it out! (pausing and turning to face movita) She's gunna get a swat.
movita: But she's small. And getting old. And you could hurt her. And she could kill me in my sleep.
2.0: But she has to learn. She shouldn't be so mean to Mr. White.
movita: Yes, but you should scold her when she behaves badly. And you have to scold her as soon as she misbehaves, not later. Otherwise she won't understand. Also, his name is niles, not Mr. White.
2.0: Okay, I promise I won't swat her. Even though she deserves it. And I think we should change his name to Mr. White.
movita: Thank you. And no.

Later movita could hear a ruckus down in the kitchen. A series of hisses followed by the skidding of cat paws. And movita could hear 2.0 yelling, "you are being scolded! You are being scolded! YOU ARE BEING SCOLDED!"
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