The Talking Cat

The Talking Cat
Character Info
Age	Unknown
Species	Cat
Appearance	An ordinary black cat

"I'm just a cat. I live near the woods. I like shiny things. And I listen." - The Talking Cat

The Talking Cat is a mysterious black cat who is introduced in the Lost Constellation supplemental game, and lives in the Forest by the Forest God's Holy Mountain and the Frozen Lake.

Profile

Appearance

Unlike all the other talking animals in Lost Constellation, the Cat is an ordinary cat instead of an anthropomorphic one. Their fur is completely black, alongside their eyecolor, save for their eye's sclera, which is yellow.

After Adina Astra learns of the prayer, after failing it the first time, the Cat can be seen wearing Father Patience's hat, a green pope hat with a light brown leaf-less tree design in the middle.

Personality

The cat is extremely rude and confident in themselves, telling Adina Astra when she first ventured into the forest that she will die. They met once again at the Forest God's shrine (where the Cat had previously eaten Father Patience and taken his hat), and then one final time at the edge of the Frozen Lake. All interactions with the talking cat has them talking down to Adina, though despite the cat's mean attitude, they still occasionally help Adina throughout Lost Constellations, though never with a direct answer or solution. The cat also isn't averse to lying, having lied about devouring Father Patience despite wearing their hat, and lied about their magical abilities, despite seemingly teleporting the player to the holy Mountain, and teleporting themselves to the Frozen Lake.

Magical Abilities

The first time Adina correctly prays at the Forest God's shrine, the cat appears to glow before transporting her to the Holy Mountain. The talking cat also appears to be able to teleport/shift between the Forest, and the Frozen Lake. This hints at magical abilities and perhaps a link to the prayer itself, however, at the Frozen Lake the cat states that it is a completely ordinary cat with no powers whatsoever. Whether the cat truly has magical abilities remains a mystery.

Connections to "Corvin the Thief"

There are several parallels suggesting that the Talking Cat is the same character as "Corvin the Thief", a character associated with one of the constellations seen in both Longest Night and during the stargazing with Angus during Night in the Woods. Corvin is also depicted as a cat, albeit an anthropomorphic one, not an "animal" cat. In Longest Night, Angus says that this cat character was part of Adina's story, and that he "liked shiny things, was good at getting through the forest, and was really good at stealing things". This fits with the Talking Cat, who is obviously good at getting through the forest, and also professes to "like shiny things", and is also quoted as saying “Survival is good. Steal everything. Never get caught. Eat rats, find the warmest barn.”.

In addition to being described as having similar traits and roles in the same story, Mae mentions that she used to call the character in the constellation "Asscat" when she was younger, an insult that Adina also leveled at the Talking Cat before they parted ways.

It seems these are both versions of the same character in the same story. It can be presumed that Angus' version of the character is likely more historical, since the version given in Lost Constellations is told as a bedtime story by Mae's grandfather, and it's thus probable that he changed the character from being a fully anthropomorphic cat to being a talking animal, to make it more mystical. This seems especially plausible given that there is no reliable precedent set for non-anthropomorphic talking animals in this universe, outside of the story told by Mae's grandfather.

Trivia

• The Talking Cat is based on Ico Benson, Scott Benson's cat, something this character shares in common with The Sky Cat.