Bab 496: Three-Sided Negotiation

The fragrance of the catnip circulated inside the main tower. The Great Atal was seated on a large stone chair. Many cats surrounded him. They yawned lazily, their nose twitching occasionally. The smell of catnip was not observable to man but they were a great relaxing stimulant for cats. Many cats sat or laid on the two sides of the lobby. The amount of species would have startled any biologist. There were white cats, black cats, grey cats, mixed color cats, leopard cats, angora cats… Because there were so many cats, the Zoogs which were surrounded like criminals in the middle of the lobby shivered nonstop. Lucky was also captured and naturally the Evil Zoog was there as well. 

The humans stayed at the door at the back of the lobby.