Welcome to our new feline Kratos, the God of War

I'd like to welcome a new addition to our animal family, Kratos, hails from the MU Veterinary hospital where he had previously been a research cat for our friend Dr. Eberhardt. After the sad and untimely loss of Nero, Dr. Eberhardt was kind enough to let my mom and dad adopt Kratos (Mousetrap was his old research name....his roommate was Parcheesi).

Kratos was very scared by his new environment the first couple of days he was with us, and really scared of Link and I at first. We are pretty scared of gray cats in general because of Sora's superpowers, so we tend to keep our distance from gray cats. Soon Kratos learned that he enjoyed his new home and all of the things in it that he could play with and destroy. Balled up pieces of paper seem to be his favorite to chase. Link often tries to play this game with him, only resulting in a very mushy slobbery piece of paper that mom then throws away. But Kratos doesn't seem as scared of us and even licks us every once in a while....he doesn't like it when we lick back. I guess our tongues are way bigger than his.

Kratos and Sora are getting along now as well and we often are woke up by hearing them running up and down the stairs at night. Link and I are always on duty you see, so we must be constantly alert to any sounds of invaders so we can alert papa....the cats have caused several false alarms now and mom and dad really don't like false alarms at 2 in the morning.

Anyway, Dad says that Kratos' name means 'God of War' but so far I haven't seen any indication of this. In fact, he seems kind of sissy to me. Always happy and lounging on the floor waiting for mom or dad to pet him. Sometimes he and Sora fight, but I can never tell who wins because I do not understand the combat style of felines. It seems like way too much chasing and not enough hand to hand combat. Maybe dad will let me give him lessons in warfare so that we can be better prepared to protect our territory.

Anyway, that is the scoop on the new member of our family. I'm sure we will have photographic evidence of his existence soon.