{"id":1236,"date":"2021-01-05T07:03:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-05T07:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quantum.closelycoded.site\/?p=1236"},"modified":"2024-12-17T09:34:31","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T09:34:31","slug":"possible-cats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/events.cqt.sg\/shorts\/entry\/possible-cats\/","title":{"rendered":"Possible Cats"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"submit-data\">Submitted by <strong>Michael Haiden<\/strong><br>on December 16, 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>** QUANTUM SHORTS 2021\/2022: SHORTLISTED<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"\/backstory-possible-cats\">>> Read an interview with the author<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI thought he always came when you rang the bell,\u201d Aaron said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cThat Mr. Mittens died last week,\u201d Cynthia replied. \u201cThis one\u2019s new.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cDoes he have a new name? Like&nbsp;<em>Mr. Mittens Two<\/em>?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cI don\u2019t think so.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; She rang the bell again, but the cat refused to appear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cSo they use it for pets now?\u201d Aaron asked, not hiding the anger in his voice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cThey made an exception for Professor Lewis. I mean, she basically made all of this possible.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cFor her. And her rich friends.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Cynthia gave him a tired look.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cI told you a million times: the process is dangerous and expensive. All the calculations until they find the right world and even then, there is no guarantee. Nobody wants to mess around too much, not until they fully understand it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cI know and maybe I\u2019m too stupid to get it, but isn\u2019t there a way&#8230;\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cThere isn\u2019t, not yet. But the professor and the world\u2019s greatest minds are working to make it safer, cheaper. And then all the funding &#8230; something will come out of it eventually.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Aaron had more to say, but he knew that Lewis was a sensitive topic for Cynthia. The professor had been her role-model since she was a girl, was the reason she had gotten into Quantum Physics in the first place, despite her parents\u2019 objections. When she had been accepted at Lewis\u2019 institute, Cynthia had been ecstatic. Of course, Lewis spent little time with her students, was too busy to remember their names, and maybe that was why Cynthia had volunteered to watch her house and feed her cat whenever the professor attended a conference &#8211; which happened quite often. Aaron never asked why Lewis did not hire someone to take care of the house and the newest version of her pet, instead of using graduate students as free labor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cMaybe I am not as optimistic as you,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; He was not a physicist, that was Cynthia\u2019s thing, but he had read interviews with Lewis, had watched her small, bespectacled face in videos and listened to her explain how we could now access parallel worlds that were different to, but also much like our own. He had also read about the dangers and had naturally accepted that the process would at first be restricted to the most urgent uses, like devising military strategies or contacting innovative thinkers from other worlds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; But then, they had used it for a cat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Aaron had actually wanted a cat when he was a kid. His parents had not allowed it and after some useless crying and begging, that had been the end of it. Since Lewis\u2019 discovery, he occasionally imagined the cats he could have had, thought about how some version of him had one, while another had two or even three.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Finally, Mr. Mittens walked into the kitchen, five minutes after his usual time. Without caring for Aaron and Cynthia, he began to eat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cI\u2019m supposed to feed him at the same time every day,\u201d Cynthia said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cDoes that count for this version as well?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cThey\u2019re the same &#8211; or almost are. I should leave a note for the professor to let her know that he has a different schedule now.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; She was too eager to please Lewis, he thought. Just like him, Cynthia had needed a scholarship, straight A\u2019s and multiple recommendations to study here, even though her family was far richer than his. They both knew that their places at the institute could be taken away at any time. Millions of people all over the world were eager to pay immense sums just to come close to Lewis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; They watched the cat eat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cDid he always have that black spot on his face?\u201d Cynthia asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cNot sure.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cHe seems almost unreal. As if he would vanish if I stopped looking at him.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; They cleaned the cat\u2019s litter box and left the house. Outside, it was getting dark. Aaron put his arm around Cynthia and pulled her close. She had put on perfume, the one she had worn when they had first met.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cI know it bothers you\u201d, she said after a while. \u201cThe cat and all. But they would only do this for Lewis.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cI just wasn\u2019t expecting it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Aaron remembered the day when he had filled out the application form to have Mark replaced &#8211; had the accident really happened five years ago already? He had assumed that there was a world they could take his little brother from, maybe one where Mark was alone, where he, Aaron, had died instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The response came a month later:&nbsp;<em>Request denied.<\/em>&nbsp;Not even an explanation, no: \u201cWe are sorry, but&#8230;\u201d He suddenly realized that he never heard of anyone whose request had been accepted. Maybe the application form only existed to give some hope to people like him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cDo you want to go out to eat tonight?\u201d he asked Cynthia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cI\u2019d love to. Chinese?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cI was thinking Indian.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; They walked along the darkening street, the trees losing their leaves, the days getting shorter and the nights colder. An elderly man waved at them from his veranda and they waved back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cOne day, everyone will be able to use Lewis\u2019 doors,\u201d Cynthia said. \u201cI wonder how that will change the world: people seeing their loved ones again, researchers studying different courses of history&#8230;\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cIt\u2019s a lot to think about,\u201d Aaron said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Cynthia\u2019s hand squeezed his.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cIt is,\u201d she said. \u201cBut let\u2019s do that tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; As she leaned forward to kiss him, Aaron thought about Mark, about Lewis\u2019 cat, about the ones he had wanted, thought about different versions of him playing with their cats and their little brothers, but then Cynthia\u2019s lips met his and he pushed that thought aside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>Tomorrow<\/em>, he thought.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1\" style=\"color:#df6523\">About the Author:&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Michael Haiden is a graduate student in philosophy at the University of Salzburg.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Michael Haiden<br \/>\nDecember 16, 2021<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"desc\">Cynthia and Aaron were feeding Lewis&#8217; cat(s?)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img-box-badge-shortlist\">Shortlisted<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":258,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[21],"class_list":["post-1236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entry","tag-fiction-shortlisted"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Possible Cats - Quantum Shorts<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/events.cqt.sg\/shorts\/entry\/possible-cats\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Possible Cats - Quantum Shorts\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"by Michael Haiden December 16, 2021 Cynthia and Aaron were feeding Lewis&#039; cat(s?) 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