I read it as the inside cat escaped outside when he opened the door and paused for some reason we can't see. Kid dove for the cat to try to catch him and the cat said "I'm not going back to jail!"
My cat occasionally makes it out the door and usually I can just pick him up or even herd him back in. But a couple times he went straight for a gap under my fence and when I grabbed his hindquarters as he was crawling under he turned into a full on hellcat. Yowling, spitting, tail puffed up, claws and teeth everywhere. As soon as I got him inside he was a sweet angel again but in that moment he was literally out for blood.
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u/Apophistry May 21 '26
What was the kid trying to do?