Cats or kittens that experience "fear and alarm" tend to hide and go very very silent until they calm down. Both kittens have done it many, many times while they were learning the house. This was somewhat beyond my experience.

But yeah, Daddy's a lot less shaken than he was earlier (or last night, geez!). Talking about it with earshot of actual pet-people helps a lot.

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