Your life would be boring and meaningless without Aspen, your cat.

You picked it up when you came back from work. He sat in a soaked box and meowed plaintively. Initially, you planned to give it away, but you quickly got used to it and couldn't give it up.

One day you came home from work and walked into the living room.

"I'm home, Aspen."

But the cat was nowhere to be found, just a guy with snow-white hair who was looking at you wagging his cat's tail.