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You don't have any cats


Billy: You don't have any cats
Madolyn: No
Billy: I like that

What is this conversation about? Why do they start talking about cats out of the blue?

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Perhaps just a line to break any tension or start a conversation. Some people see single mature women with cats as spinsters - and he could have been making light of it.

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Because at that point, the tension(Mostly Sexual) was pushed to the brink of being uncomfortable. There was obviously far more real emotion between the two than she had with Colin. It was strictly nervous talk. It's not a "Retarded Screenplay" as the Dingbat above me said. It's actually a decent portrait of how awkward it can become when attraction is involved.

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He likes that she doesn't have cats because he's a "rat."

~ I'm a 21st century man and I don't wanna be here.

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