I’ve told people before that my old cat had actually vocalized something very close to ‘help!’ when his litter box was full, multiple times, and once when he got either one of his claws or duclaw stuck in some fabric covered furniture so well that he could not free himself from it.

I’d raised him nearly from birth, and talked to him like he was not an idiot.

But people tend to look at me like I’m an idiot when I tell them that.