@frivolousmultimuse continued from here
(🐈) Iza watched their reaction, hearing them sigh and lean back on his couch. It was clear to Iza that Riley was getting irritated and perhaps confused. If anything, the feline wouldn’t blame him if he broke things off as he had just said. Seeing how they looked lost in thought for a few moments, Iza reached for his tea taking a sip of it. He wasn’t one to talk about Zuo, but he would if it would help Riley, even if Iza didn’t know them that well.
The poor guy was probably terrified of what Zuo could do, considering how volatile and unpredictable that cat could be. Truthfully, even Iza couldn’t quite figure out Zuo, other than knowing that he had a strong sense of justice he had to execute if he saw anything wrong in his sights.
“Well, the thing about Tom is if he is head-over-heels for someone, or even likes them a little bit, it would be hard for him to invoke his sense of justice over them and judging by your scent, he placed his scent on you. Honestly, you reek of it. If you don’t know much about cats, it’s basically his way of saying ‘You’re mine.’, this of course, applies to all cats who mark what’s theirs.” Iza explained, in the simplest way he can. How cats marked what was their was easy, head-bumps, small kisses, rubbing their cheek onto the object or person of their desire, even licking counted.
“I wouldn’t be surprised if he liked you. he normally wouldn’t put his scent on people since he doesn’t feel the need to claim everything as his. If he did, I’m pretty sure I would have his scent on me as well. I used too but.. it’s complicated now.” The black feline was sure Riley wouldn’t be aware of how a cat would put their scent onto something they wanted to claim, “But back to you and him. I’m sure it would be very hard for him to take you to the police. He’s caught me and helped me a few times, but he always let me go. I would hide it from him for a little longer, knowing him, he would tolerate it if he really wanted to be with you.” Perhaps that was enough to ease Riley’s worries. Zuo wouldn’t take someone he loved and throw them into jail without first getting himself in there as well. Iza knew that if Zuo truly wanted to be with someone, he is fully committed. He wouldn’t betray them, if anything perhaps this would be a good opportunity to change Zuo to bring him onto Iza’s side. That’s what Iza would want, Zuo to join him and really make people see that his kin was not one to be messed with or toyed with.
“He’s not that complicated if you think about it. Give him attention, love and mental simulation and he is all yours. All you have to do is not betray him.”