Whoa! The kitten leapt back, startled, when the definitely-not-a-fish surfaced, but after a moment, curiosity won it over again, and Sissel re-settled at the edge of the aquarium.
The thing in the aquarium looked mostly human, from what Sissel could see, but the lower half was decidedly fish-shaped. How strange. He hadn’t thought it to be possible – though admittedly, he wasn’t exactly a world-wise kitten, just one that happened to sneak into the aquarium one day and managed to steal fish on a semi-regular basis.
Slowly, the kitten reached out a paw to the not-fish, attempting to tap at him to gauge the response to that. The fish in the other tanks tended to try and escape when he did that, but this one seemed different.
He tilted his head at the outsretched paw, moving a bit closer and lifting a hand from the water to inspect it. Would this black thing…? It looked like a picture he’d seen in puzzles before. It was…a cat! He wondered why it was here though.
He fixed the kitten with a questioning look and waited.
Tilting his head slightly, Sissel reached out to the not-fish's hand, tapping it gently. No swimming away yet, apparently.
It felt like a normal human hand, though wet from the water. Why would the humans leave this one in a tank, though? It didn't really add up.
Well, humans typically had food or something, right? And this one seemed to like him, or so he hoped, because it had been way too long since he'd managed to nab some fish. Leaning forward, teetering precariously on the edge of the tank, Sissel rubbed his head along the outstretched hand, ignoring the discomforting wetness on his fur, giving a carefully-cute, "Mrow?"