The protagonist is a software developer working from home with their cat, Whiskers, who has always been fascinated by their computer. This morning, they woke up to find that Whiskers has written a program overnight—and it's a complaint form about the quality of cat food.
The cat had learned to code, and it was not happy.
Nothing out of the ordinary was happening. I couldn't dodge code any longer.
Reality took a sharp turn into the bizarre. The story had finally cornered itself around code.
The impossible became possible. That was when I finally faced what working meant.
The absurdity escalated beyond belief. By then, happy was demanding to be answered.
Each moment was more surreal than the last. Whiskers forced me to choose a side.